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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:
Jun. 28, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Stec, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hadi Torabi Parizi, Irvine, CA (US);

Dillip K. Dash, San Diego, CA (US);

Namhoon Yoo, Buena Park, CA (US);

Umang Thakkar, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

HGST TECHNOLOGIES SANTA ANA, INC., Santa Ana, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 3/0614 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7208 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for providing memory device readiness to a memory controller is disclosed. One example system includes a channel controller operably connected to a memory controller and a group of flash memory devices. The channel controller may receive, from the memory controller a request for a status of one or more memory devices in the group of flash memory devices. The channel controller may determine the status of the one or more memory devices, the status being determined while the memory controller is permitted to execute one or more other commands related to one or more other memory devices in a different group of memory devices. On determining that the one or more memory devices are in a ready status, the channel controller may provide the ready status to the memory controller.


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