Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adaptive physical allocation in solid-state drives
- Patent Title (中): 固态硬盘中的自适应物理分配
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Application No.: US12712686Application Date: 2010-02-25
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Publication No.: US08271720B1Publication Date: 2012-09-18
- Inventor: Gwoyuh Hwu , Lau Nguyen
- Applicant: Gwoyuh Hwu , Lau Nguyen
- Applicant Address: BM Hamilton
- Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: BM Hamilton
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F12/04

Abstract:
A solid-state drive, a solid-state drive access unit allocation/data storage approach, and a solid-state drive access unit access/data retrieval approach are described that improve the efficiency with which data, that has been stored to the solid-state drive in association with a series of logical block addresses, can be retrieved from the solid-state drive. The described access unit allocation approach assures that data stored in the solid-state drive in association with a sequential series of logical block addresses is stored and maintained in solid-state drive access units, i.e., addressable units of solid-state drive memory, that allow parallel read access to the data via parallel memory access I/O channels internal to the solid-state drive. In this manner, the time required to retrieve data associated with a sequential series of logical block addresses from corresponding access units within the solid-state drive is reduced.
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