Payload distribution in solid state drives

A method performed by a controller of a solid state drive, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving from a host, a write request to store write data in one or more of a plurality of nonvolatile semiconductor storage devices of the solid state drive;
• identifying a first codeword and a second codeword from a plurality of codewords stored in the one or more of the plurality of nonvolatile storage devices, the first codeword and the second codeword configured to store write data corresponding to the write request;
• responsive to the write request, writing a first portion of the write data to the first codeword and writing a second portion of the write data to the second codeword;
• and
• sending a message to the host once the write data has been written to the nonvolatile semiconductor storage devices,
• wherein
• the second codeword is adjacent to the first codeword as stored in the one or more of the plurality of nonvolatile storage devices, and
• the write data has a data length that is greater than a first data length of the first codeword or a second data length of the second codeword.