Selectively combining commands for a system having non-volatile memory

A system comprising:

• a non-volatile memory (“NVM”) comprising a plurality of portions;
• a bus controller operative to communicate with the NVM;
• and
• a command dispatcher for dispatching commands to the NVM, the command dispatcher operative to:
• receive a plurality of commands to access the NVM for a period of time;
• determine a portion of the plurality of portions that maps to each of the plurality of commands;
• combine a set of commands of the plurality of commands into a multi-access command, wherein the set of commands are distributed across different portions of the plurality of portions;
• and
• direct the bus controller to dispatch the multi-access command to the NVM.

A system comprising:

• a processor comprising a bus controller;
• a non-volatile memory (“NVM”) operative to communicate with the processor, the NVM comprising a NVM controller;
• and
• a command dispatcher operative to:
• receive a plurality of commands;
• combine a set of commands of the plurality of commands into a multi-access command based at least in part on a common characteristic of the set of commands;
• and
• direct the bus controller to dispatch the multi-access command to the NVM controller.