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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024

Filed:

May. 05, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ramanathan Muthiah, Karnataka, IN;

Akhilesh Yadav, Karnataka, IN;

Assignee:

Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0635 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 12/0238 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7211 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of a storage device including a memory and a controller are provided. The memory includes a plurality of non-volatile memory packages coupled to the switch, with each non-volatile memory package including a plurality of non-volatile memory dies. The controller monitors a wear level of each non-volatile memory package in the plurality of non-volatile memory packages connected to the controller via the switch. The controller determines whether a wear level of a first non-volatile memory package of the plurality of non-volatile memory packages exceeds a wear level threshold. The controller also can transfer data from the first non-volatile memory package to a second non-volatile memory package of the plurality of non-volatile memory packages through the switch based on the wear level of the first non-volatile memory package exceeding the wear level threshold. Thus, the controller may facilitate a persistent switch-based storage controller, thereby improving memory capacity of the storage device.


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