Multi-port memory device and a method of using the same

A method of performing data transfer in a multi-port memory device in communication with a controller of a storage node, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor of the multi-port memory device, a first control signal through a first port of the multi-port memory device that is coupled to the controller via a first controller channel, the first control signal indicating a first data transfer request from the controller of the storage node;
• receiving, by the processor, a second control signal through a second port of the multi-port memory device that is coupled to the controller via a second controller channel, the second control signal indicating a second data transfer request from the controller of the storage node;
• enabling, by the processor, a first data transfer through the first port;
• decoding, by the processor, the first control signal to identify the first data transfer request;
• decoding, by the processor, the second control signal to identify the second data transfer request;
• determining, by the processor, that a memory access of the second data transfer request overlaps that of the first data transfer request;
• initiating, by the processor, the first data transfer to or from a memory array of the multi-port memory device according to the identified first data transfer request;
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• while engaged in processing of the first data transfer request, without blocking access through the second port, queuing, by the processor, the second data transfer request in a buffer internal to the multi-port memory device until after a completion of execution of the first data transfer request.