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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2015
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Timothy J. McCabe, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
John E. Maroney, Irvine, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A data storage device may comprise a first non-volatile memory, configured to store storage System-On-Chip (SOC) data and protocol bridge data; a storage SOC comprising circuitry configured to control the data storage device and to, upon power-on, retrieve the storage SOC data from the first non-volatile memory and configure itself according to the retrieved storage SOC data; a bus coupled to the storage SOC; and a protocol bridge coupled to the bus and comprising circuitry configured to translate between a first and a second communication protocol and to, upon power-on, retrieve the protocol bridge data from the first non-volatile memory via the storage SOC and the bus and configure itself according to the retrieved protocol bridge data.