Command queuing
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsVictor Y. Tsai, Danilo Caraccio, Daniele Balluchi, Neal A. Galbo, Robert Warren
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Abstract
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for command queuing. A number of embodiments include receiving a queued command request at a memory system from a host, sending a command response from the memory system to the host that indicates the memory system is ready to receive a command in a command queue of the memory system, and receiving, in response to sending the command response, a command descriptor block for the command at the memory system from the host.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method for command queuing, comprising:
- receiving a command at the memory system from a host, wherein the command includes a command descriptor block;
- and
- placing, in response to receiving the command descriptor block, the command described by the command descriptor block in the command queue of the memory system.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a controller;
- and
- a memory device coupled to the controller, wherein the apparatus is configured to:
- place a command in a command queue in response to receiving the command that includes a command descriptor block;
- and
- execute the command in response to receiving a ready to transfer command.
A method for command queuing, comprising:
- receiving a first command at a memory system from a host, wherein the first command includes a first command descriptor block;
- placing, in response to receiving the first command descriptor block, the first command in a command queue of the memory system;
- executing the first command in response to receiving a ready to transfer command;
- receiving a second command at the memory system from the host, wherein the second command includes a second command descriptor block;
- and
- placing, in response to receiving the second command descriptor block, the second command in the command queue of the memory system while executing the first command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.