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Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2012
Applicants:

Nimrod Diamant, Kfar Saba, IL;

Ohad Falik, Kfar Saba, IL;

Itay Franko, Herzlia, IL;

Robert W. Strong, Folsom, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nimrod Diamant, Kfar Saba, IL;

Ohad Falik, Kfar Saba, IL;

Itay Franko, Herzlia, IL;

Robert W. Strong, Folsom, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3268 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1246 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mechanism is described for facilitating efficient operations paths for storage devices in computing systems according to one embodiment of the invention. A method of embodiments of the invention includes identifying a request for power mode change at a storage device at a computing system. The request for power mode change indicates potential reduced power state of the storage device. The method may further include transferring context information at the storage device to a host memory at the computing system, in response to the first command, and saving the context information at the host memory, wherein the storage device is at reduced power state.


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