Embedded storage device with integrated data-management functions and storage system incorporating it

An embedded storage device for a storage system for an electronic device, characterized by a data manager configured for providing a high-level abstraction of the physical organization of the embedded storage device through the definition of an own logic map.

An electronic device incorporating a storage system including an embedded storage device, a controller configured for supervising writing and reading operations in said embedded storage device, and a data manager configured for providing a high-level abstraction of the physical organization of the embedded storage device through the definition of an own logic map, wherein said data manager is external to said controller.

A method of storing data in a data storage system including a controller, an embedded storage device, and a removable storage device, each storage device including a memory for storing data and the method comprising:

• communicating signals between the controller and the embedded and removable storage devices through a standard communications protocol;
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• in response to the signals from the controller, performing data management operations in an accessed one of the embedded and removable storage devices to transfer data to or from the memory in the storage device.