Storage controller with the disk drive and the RAM in a hybrid architecture
US7047356B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/312
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method to combine disk drive's inexpensive large capacity and RAM's fast access speed to accelerate computer system's booting speed and application execution speed. Some of the most recently used data will be permanently stored in a large RAM storage with a power source. A controller unit is designed to manage the interface between the RAM storage, disk drive and the computer storage device interface.
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