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Fast boot in hybrid drives

US9207947B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 2012
Grant dateDec 8, 2015
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1417
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure is related systems and method for improved boot and resume from hibernate times in hybrid drives. In one embodiment, a device may comprise an interface circuit to communicate with a host device, a first nonvolatile data storage medium, and a controller configured to monitor the interface circuit for a trigger event and pin data associated with read requests to the first nonvolatile data storage medium during a first specific duration in response to the trigger event. Another embodiment may be a method comprising receiving a trigger event, monitoring a duration since the trigger event, retrieving data from a nonvolatile cache memory, retrieving data from a disc memory when the data is not in the nonvolatile cache memory, and pinning the data retrieved from the disc memory to the nonvolatile cache memory.

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