Hybrid hard disk drive having a flash storage processor

A system comprising:

• a host device configured to issue a plurality of commands;
• a flash storage processor communicatively coupled to the host device, to a flash storage component, and to an integrated circuit chip, the integrated circuit chip including:
• a read/write channel device communicatively coupled to a hard disk drive assembly;
• a hard disk drive controller operatively coupled to the read/write channel device, the hard disk drive controller configured to operate the read/write channel device to store and to retrieve data on the hard disk drive assembly,
• wherein the flash storage processor is configured to furnish at least one command of the plurality of commands to the integrated circuit chip when the at least one command of the plurality of commands represents an instruction for accessing the hard disk drive assembly and configured to access the flash storage component when the at least one command of the plurality of commands represents an instruction for accessing the flash storage component.

A method comprising:

• receiving a command, at a flash storage processor, to access at least one storage component of a plurality of storage components, the plurality of storage components including at least one flash storage component and at least one hard disk drive assembly;
• determining which storage component of the plurality of storage components is to be accessed based upon the command;
• providing the command to an integrated circuit chip when the command represents an instruction to access the at least one hard disk drive assembly, the integrated circuit chip including a read/write channel device communicatively coupled to the hard drive assembly and a hard disk drive controller operatively coupled to the read/write channel device, the hard disk drive controller configured to operate the read/write channel device to store and to retrieve data on the at least one hard disk drive assembly;
• and
• accessing the at least one flash storage component when the command represents an instruction to access the at least one flash storage command.