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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2022
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Judah Gamliel Hahn, Ofra, IL;
Avichay Haim Hodes, Kfar Ben-Nun, IL;
Shay Benisty, Beer Sheva, IL;
Michael James, Longmont, CO (US);
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A storage system includes one or more data storage devices, a PCIe switch coupled to the one or more data storage devices, and a controller unit coupled to the PCIe switch. The one or more data storage devices are DRAM-less. The controller unit includes a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) host memory buffer (HMB) controller and a DRAM pool or a controller memory buffer (CMB) controller, a root complex/port, and the DRAM pool. The DRAM pool includes one or more DRAM devices. The one or more data storage devices are configured to interact with the controller unit and store data to a DRAM of the DRAM pool of the controller unit.