Storage device set including storage device and reconfigurable logic chip, and storage system including the storage device set
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYongin Lee, Doogie Lee
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Abstract
A storage device set is provided. The storage device set includes a reconfigurable logic chip and a storage device. The logic chip includes a retimer configured to generate an output signal by adjusting an input signal received from an external device; and an operation circuit configured to perform an operation function. The storage device includes: a first port connected to the retimer; a second port connected to the operation circuit; and a controller configured to control data transmission and reception via the first port and the second port.
Claims20
A storage device comprising:
- a nonvolatile memory;
- a controller coupled to the nonvolatile memory;
- a first port via which the controller communicates with another device according to a first interface protocol;
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- a second port via which the controller communicates with the other device according to a second interface protocol and is different from the first port,
- wherein the controller is configured to receive a first command and first data related to the first command from the other device via the first port,
- the controller is configured to generate a second command based on the first command, to generate second data based on the first data, and to send the second command and the second data to the other device via the second port,
- the controller is configured to receive third data from the other device via the second port, to generate response data regarding the first command based on the third data, and
- the controller is configured to send the response data to the other device via the first port.
A first device connected to a third device via a first port and a second port that is different from the first port, the first device comprising:
- a retimer configured to receive a first command and first data related to the first command from a second device, to generate a second command based on the first command, to generate second data based on the first data, and to send the second command and the second data to the third device via the first port;
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- an operation circuit configured to receive third data from the third device via the second port, to perform an operation on the third data to generate fourth data, and send the fourth data to the third device via the second port,
- wherein the retimer is configured to receive response data from the third device via the first port, to adjust the response data, and to send the adjusted response data to the second device,
- the third data is related to the second data, and
- the response data is related to the first command.
A device comprising:
- a reconfigurable logic chip including a retimer and an operation circuit;
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- a storage device including a nonvolatile memory, a first port, a second port that is different from the first port, and a controller coupled to the nonvolatile memory,
- wherein the controller is configured to communicate with the retimer via the first port, and to communicate with the operation circuit via the second port,
- the retimer is configured to receive first data from an external device, to generate second data based on the first data, and to send the second data to the controller via the first port,
- the controller is configured to generate third data based on the second data, and to send the third data to the operation circuit via the second port, and
- the operation circuit is configured to perform an operation on the third data to generate fourth data, and send the fourth data to the controller via the second port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.