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US 2019/0155671 A1Published application
Data storage device and associated operating method
AssigneeSilicon Motion, Inc.
InventorsYi-Hua PAO, Wen-Chi HU
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Abstract
The data storage device includes a first memory having error correction capability, and a controller coupled to the first memory. The controller is configured to calculate an error count of the first memory. The controller is configured to report a message to a host when the controller determines that an alarm condition is satisfied. The alarm condition is related to the error count of the first memory and a threshold count.
Claims19
A data storage device, comprising:
- a first memory having error correction capability;
- and
- a controller coupled to the first memory, wherein the controller is configured to calculate an error count of the first memory, and report a message to a host when the controller determines that an alarm condition is satisfied, wherein the alarm condition is related to the error count of the first memory and a threshold count.
An operating method used in a data storage device, the data storage device comprising a controller and a first memory, the operating method comprising:
- calculating an error count of the first memory by the controller;
- reporting a message to a host by the controller when the controller determines that an alarm condition is satisfied, wherein the alarm condition is related to the error count of the first memory and a threshold count.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.