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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2012
Applicants:

Jim Peterson, San Jose, CA (US);

Nisha Talagala, Livermore, CA (US);

Robert Wipfel, Draper, UT (US);

David Atkisson, Draper, UT (US);

Jonathan Ludwig, Lehi, UT (US);

Ann Martin, Broomfield, CO (US);

Inventors:

Jim Peterson, San Jose, CA (US);

Nisha Talagala, Livermore, CA (US);

Robert Wipfel, Draper, UT (US);

David Atkisson, Draper, UT (US);

Jonathan Ludwig, Lehi, UT (US);

Ann Martin, Broomfield, CO (US);

Assignee:

SanDisk Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0893 (2013.01); G06F 12/0868 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing a cache. A cache interface module provides access to a plurality of virtual storage units of a solid-state storage device over a cache interface. At least one of the virtual storage units comprises a cache unit. A cache command module exchanges cache management information for the at least one cache unit with one or more cache clients over the cache interface. A cache management module manages the at least one cache unit based on the cache management information exchanged with the one or more cache clients.


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