Storage device with memory controller and methods of operation
AssigneeSK hynix Inc.
InventorsHyeong Jae CHOI, Seung Soo KIM, Chi Je PARK
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a storage device capable of receiving early suspend information from an external device (e.g., host) and performing an appropriate operation during a power saving mode for an application installed on the external device, and a method of operating a memory controller of the storage device. The method of operating a memory controller may include: receiving early suspend information from an external device; and controlling a background operation according to the reception of the early suspend information. The background operation refers to an operation that is performed internally regardless of a request from the external device.
Claims16
A method of operating a memory controller, the method comprising:
- receiving early suspend information from an external device;
- and
- controlling a background operation according to the early suspend information, wherein the background operation is an operation that is performed internally in the memory controller regardless of a request from the external device.
A storage device comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a memory controller configured to receive early suspend information from an external device and to control a background operation according to the early suspend information,
- wherein the background operation is an operation that is performed internally in the memory controller regardless of a request from the external device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.