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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 06, 2022
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Matthew Bennion, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Sterzick, Torrance, CA (US);
Sean Cheng, Union City, CA (US);
Adrian Karaan, Fremont, CA (US);
David Mahan, San Jose, CA (US);
Alfonso Calderon, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jeff Chen, Irvine, CA (US);
David Bagaoisan, San Jose, CA (US);
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing port matching features for storage devices and cables. In certain embodiments, a data storage device includes a non-volatile memory, a controller configured to process data storage requests, a plurality of ports associated with different protocols, wherein the plurality of ports have the same connector type, and each port includes a port matching feature indicative of a protocol associated with the port, and a plurality of cables associated with the different protocols, wherein the plurality of cables have the same connector type and are configured to connect to the plurality of ports, and each cable includes a port matching feature indicative of a protocol associated with the cable, wherein the port matching feature of the cable corresponds to the port matching feature of a port of the plurality of ports that is associated with the same protocol.