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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2011
Mei-man L. Syu, Fremont, CA (US);
Robert L. Horn, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Virgil V. Wilkins, Perris, CA (US);
Dominic S. Suryabudi, Irvine, CA (US);
Mei-Man L. Syu, Fremont, CA (US);
Robert L. Horn, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Virgil V. Wilkins, Perris, CA (US);
Dominic S. Suryabudi, Irvine, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A flash memory device is disclosed comprising a flash controller for accessing a first flash memory over a first channel and a second flash memory over a second channel. A multi-command descriptor block is received from a host, wherein the multi-command descriptor block comprises identifiers for identifying a plurality of access commands that the host is preparing to request. A first group of the access commands are selected to execute concurrently and a second group of the access commands are selected to execute concurrently. The first group of access commands are received from the host and executed concurrently by accessing at least the first and second flash memories concurrently. The second group of access commands are received from the host and executed concurrently by accessing at least the first and second flash memories concurrently.