Protection of user data in data storage devices using preemptive health reporting
US10921984B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 4, 2018 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 2, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/2022
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data storage device includes a nonvolatile memory module, a host communication interface, and control circuitry configured to execute an initialization process with a host system communicatively coupled to the data storage device via the host communication interface, and as part of the initialization process, provide health status information associated with the nonvolatile memory module to the host system using the host communication interface.
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