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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2023
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Muralitharan Jayaraman, Bangalore, IN;
Ramanathan Muthiah, Bangalore, IN;
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A storage device executes an adaptive flash interface module (FIM) protocol to optimize power consumption. The storage device includes a memory device including sets of dies and a set of FIMs. A FIM connects a controller to a set of dies on the memory device. The controller determines the mode of operation of the storage device and initializes the storage device in a first operating mode or a second operating mode. The controller makes at least one FIM non-operational when operating in the second operating mode and uses an operational FIM to communicate with multiple sets of dies on the memory device. The controller also makes a given number of FIMs operational when operating in the first operating mode and uses the operational FIM to communicate with a set of dies on the memory device. Operational FIMs accommodate a data rate for the mode of operation of the storage device.