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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2008
Charles C. Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);
I-kang Yu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Q. Chow, San Jose, CA (US);
Abraham Chih-kang MA, Fremont, CA (US);
Ming-shiang Shen, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Charles C. Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);
I-Kang Yu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Q. Chow, San Jose, CA (US);
Abraham Chih-Kang Ma, Fremont, CA (US);
Ming-Shiang Shen, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Super Talent Electronics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
High performance flash memory devices (FMD) are described. According to one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a high performance FMD includes an I/O interface, a FMD controller, and at least one non-volatile memory module along with corresponding at least one channel controller. The I/O interface is configured to connect the high performance FMD to a host computing device The FMD contoller is configured to control data transfer (e.g., data reading, data writing/programming, and data erasing) operations between the host computing device and the non-volatile memory module. The at least one non-volatile memory module, comprising one or more non-volatile memory chips, is configured as a secondary storage for the host computing device. The at least one channel controller is configured to ensure proper and efficient data transfer between a set of data buffers located in the FMD controller and the at least one non-volatile memory module.