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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
May. 18, 2022
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A data storage device includes a memory device and a controller coupled to the memory device. The controller is configured to receive a command, wherein the command comprises a plurality of logical block addresses (LBAs), determine that one or more LBAs of the plurality of LBAs are not aligned to a transfer layer packet (TLP) boundary, determine whether the one or more LBAs that are not aligned to a TLP boundary has a head that is unaligned that matches a previously stored tail that is unaligned, and merge and transfer the head that is unaligned with a previously stored tail that is unaligned when the head that is unaligned matches the previously stored tail that is unaligned.