Storage device and operation method thereof
AssigneeMacronix International Co., Ltd.
InventorsMin-Zhi JI, Shih-Chou JUAN, Nai-Ping KUO
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Abstract
The application provides a storage device and an operation method thereof. A plurality of first memory management functions are performed on a plurality of memory storage units by at least one first functional module of a storage controller coupled to the plurality of memory storage units, the storage controller further including a first accelerator bridge. A second memory management function is performed on the plurality of memory storage units by a second functional module of an accelerator externally connected to the storage controller through the first accelerator bridge, wherein the second memory management function is different from any of the first memory management functions.
Claims20
A storage device, comprising:
- a plurality of memory storage units;
- a storage controller, coupled to the plurality of memory storage units, the storage controller including a first accelerator bridge and at least one first functional module, the at least one first functional module configured to perform a plurality of first memory management functions on the plurality of memory storage units;
- and
- an accelerator, externally connected to the storage controller through the first accelerator bridge, the accelerator including a second functional module configured to perform a second memory management function on the plurality of memory storage units,
- wherein the second memory management function is different from any of the first memory management functions.
An operation method for a storage device, the operation method comprising:
- performing a plurality of first memory management functions on a plurality of memory storage units by at least one first functional module of a storage controller coupled to the plurality of memory storage units, the storage controller further including a first accelerator bridge;
- and
- performing a second memory management function on the plurality of memory storage units by a second functional module of an accelerator externally connected to the storage controller through the first accelerator bridge,
- wherein the second memory management function is different from any of the first memory management functions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.