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System and method for high performance and low cost flash translation layer

US9575884B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 13, 2013
Grant dateFeb 21, 2017
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/7203
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects include systems and methods for increasing performance of a flash translation layer (FTL) of a flash memory device. A copy of FTL tables stored on a flash memory device may be copied to a memory of a host device. The copy of the FTL tables may be directly accessed by the flash memory device to translate between logical addresses provided by the host device for read/write operations from/to a flash memory of the flash memory device, and the respective physical addresses of the flash memory. The flash memory device is granted direct memory access to a portion of the memory of the host device where the copy of the FTL tables is stored. The flash memory device bus masters communication busses connecting the flash memory device to the memory of the host device.

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