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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2021
Applicant:
Kioxia Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Sie Pook Law, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
KIOXIA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 12/0802 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0607 (2013.01); G06F 3/0635 (2013.01); G06F 3/0658 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 11/2056 (2013.01); G06F 12/0802 (2013.01);
Abstract
An array controller for connection between a solid state drive controller and multiple non-volatile storage units is provided. The array controller comprises a plurality of enable outputs, each of which is connected to an enable input of one of the non-volatile storage units, and a buffer in which data to be written into or read from the non-volatile storage units is stored. The array controller further comprises a control unit configured to enable a communication path between the solid state drive controller and one of the non-volatile storage units according to an address received from the solid state drive controller.