Solid-state mass memory storage device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorMark W. Minne′
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state mass memory storage device which comprises a printed circuit assembly and a plurality of nonvolatile, high density storage devices mounted to the printed circuit assembly and electrically connected thereto. The solid-state memory device includes at least one controller mounted to the printed circuit assembly and electrically connected thereto, and a connector mounted to the printed circuit assembly and electrically connected thereto, the connector being adapted to electrically connect the solid-state mass memory storage device to a separate electronic device.
Claims24
A solid-state mass memory storage device, comprising:
- a printed circuit assembly;
- a plurality of nonvolatile, high density storage devices mounted to said printed circuit assembly and electrically connected thereto;
- at least one controller mounted to said printed circuit assembly and electrically connected thereto;
- and
- a connector mounted to said printed circuit assembly and electrically connected thereto, said connector being adapted to electrically connect said solid-state mass memory storage device to a separate electronic device;
- wherein said mass memory storage device has a form factor equivalent to that of a conventional disk drive such that said storage device is configured for replacing a disk drive of a computing device.
A solid-state mass memory storage device for disk drive replacement, comprising:
- a printed circuit assembly having a form factor equivalent to a conventional disk drive and being provided with a plurality of storage device sockets;
- a plurality of nonvolatile, high density storage devices removably mounted to said printed circuit assembly and electrically connected thereto via said storage device sockets;
- at least one controller mounted to said printed circuit assembly and electrically connected thereto;
- and
- a connector mounted to said printed circuit assembly and electrically connected thereto, said connector being adapted to electrically connect said solid-state mass memory storage device to a separate electronic device.
A method of constructing a disk drive replacement storage device, comprising:
- forming a printed circuit assembly having a form factor equivalent to a conventional disk drive and a plurality of storage device sockets which are electrically connected to each other;
- mounting a plurality of high density storage devices to the storage device sockets of the printed circuit assembly;
- and
- mounting at least one controller to the printed circuit assembly, the at least one controller having control electronics and firmware which emulate a disk drive such that the device in which the disk drive replacement storage device is used will interpret and treat the disk drive replacement storage device as a disk drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.