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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2002
Sreenath Mambakkam, San Jose, CA (US);
Larry Lawson Jones, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Arockiyaswamy Venkidu, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nicholas Antonopoulos, San Jose, CA (US);
Sreenath Mambakkam, San Jose, CA (US);
Larry Lawson Jones, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Arockiyaswamy Venkidu, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nicholas Antonopoulos, San Jose, CA (US);
Onspec Electronics, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A controller chip for coupling a computer system with a flash storage system is disclosed. The controller chip comprises an interface mechanism for determining whether the Flash storage system includes a controller and an adapter for providing the appropriate interface to the computer system to allow the computer system to communicate with the Flash storage system. In a preferred embodiment, the flash storage system comprising at least a portion of a medium ID section; and a flash section, wherein the medium ID section contains specifications of the medium ID. Through the use of this system a plurality of different adapters and a flash storage system can be managed while utilizing the same hardware components.