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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Earl T. Cohen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sumit Puri, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/12 (2016.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 12/121 (2013.01); G06F 2212/401 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for using a partitioned flash transition layer is disclosed. Step (A) receives, at an apparatus from a host, a write command having first write data. Step (B) generates second write data by compressing the first write data in the apparatus. The second write data generally has a variable size. Step (C) stores the second write data at a physical location in a nonvolatile memory. The physical location is a next unwritten location. Step (D) returns, from the apparatus to the host in response to the write command, an indication of the physical location.