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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Amir Segev, Meiter, IL;
Shay Benisty, Beer Sheva, IL;
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0656 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to data storage devices, such as solid state drives. The data storage device includes a volatile memory, a non-volatile storage unit, and a controller. The data storage device further includes a plurality of virtual functions, where at least one of the virtual functions is only accessible by the data storage device and the remainder of the virtual functions are accessible by both the data storage and a host device. At least one of the virtual functions may be dedicated to completing data storage device storage management operations.