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Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2018
Applicant:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert W. Ellis, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Stephen Gold, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 3/0629 (2013.01); G06F 12/0646 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to data storage devices comprising one or more memory packages. At least one memory package of the storage device comprises a first stack of memory dies coupled together by a first chip select line and a second stack of memory dies coupled together by a second chip select line. Both the first stack and the second stack comprise a plurality of non-volatile memory dies and a dissimilar memory die disposed on top of the plurality of non-volatile memory dies. Within both the first stack and the second stack, the plurality of non-volatile memory dies is a different type of memory than the dissimilar memory die. Additionally, within both the first stack and the second stack, the plurality of non-volatile memory dies is configured to store host data, and the dissimilar memory die is configured to store cached data.


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