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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2011
Paul A. Lassa, Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert D. Selinger, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul A. Lassa, Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert D. Selinger, San Jose, CA (US);
SanDisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A controller and method for memory aliasing for different flash memory types are presented. In one embodiment, a controller is presented having one or more interfaces through which to communicate with a plurality of memory dies, wherein at least one of the memory dies is of a different memory type than the other memory dies. The controller also has an interface through which to communicate with a host, wherein the interface only supports commands for a single memory types. The controller further contains a processor that is configured to receive a logical address and a command from the host, determine which memory die is associated with the logical address, and translate the command received from the host to a form suitable for the memory type of the memory die associated with the logical address.