Internal communication interface management
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorSebastien Andre Jean
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are disclosed, including enabling communication between a memory controller and multiple memory devices of a storage system using a storage-system interface, the multiple memory devices each comprising a device controller and a group of non-volatile memory cells, and compressing data using at least one of the device controllers prior to transfer over the storage-system interface to improve an effective internal data transmission speed of the storage system.
Claims21
(canceled)
A storage system comprising:
- a memory controller;
- multiple memory devices, each comprising a device controller and a group of non-volatile memory cells;
- and
- a storage-system interface configured to enable communication between the memory controller and one or more of the multiple memory devices,
- wherein at least one of the device controllers is configured to compress data prior to transfer over the storage-system interface to improve an effective internal data transmission speed of the storage system without increasing storage capacity of the multiple memory devices.
A system comprising:
- a storage system comprising:
- a memory controller;
- multiple memory devices, each comprising a device controller and a group of non-volatile memory cells;
- and
- a storage-system interface configured to enable communication between the memory controller and one or more of the multiple memory devices;
- a host device comprising a host processor and a group of volatile memory cells;
- and
- a host interface separate from the storage-system interface configured to enable communication between the storage system and the host device,
- wherein the memory controller is configured to receive data associated with a write command from the host device through the host interface, to compress the received data associated with the write command, and to provide the compressed data to a first memory device over the storage-system interface.
A method of improving an effective internal data transmission speed of a storage system comprising:
- enabling communication between a memory controller and one or more of multiple memory devices using a storage system interface, the multiple memory devices each comprising a device controller and a group of non-volatile memory cells;
- and
- compressing data, using at least one of the device controllers, prior to transfer over the storage-system interface to improve an effective internal data transmission speed of the storage system without increasing storage capacity of the multiple memory devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.