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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2014
Sandisk Enterprise Ip Llc, Milpitas, CA (US);
Robert W. Ellis, Phoenix, AZ (US);
James M. Higgins, Chandler, AZ (US);
Vidyabhushan Mohan, San Jose, CA (US);
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
The embodiments described herein are used to execute staggered memory operations. The method includes, at each of a plurality of distinct memory portions of the storage device, establishing a non-zero command delay parameter distinct from a command delay parameter established for one or more of the other memory portions in the plurality of distinct memory portions. The method further includes, after establishing the non-zero command delay parameter in each of the plurality of distinct memory portions of the storage device, executing memory operations in two or more of the plurality of distinct memory portions of the storage device during overlapping time periods, the executing including, in each memory portion of the plurality of memory portions, delaying execution of a respective memory operation by an amount of time corresponding to the command delay parameter established for that memory portion.