Selecting between non-volatile memory units having different minimum addressable data unit sizes

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9489148
APP PUB NO 20140281280A1
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13802192

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An apparatus includes a controller capable of being coupled to a host interface and a memory device. The memory device includes two or more non-hierarchical, non-volatile memory units having different minimum addressable data unit sizes. The controller is configured to at least perform determining a workload indicator of a data object being stored in the memory device via the host interface. The controller selects one of the memory units in response to the workload indicator of the data object corresponding to the minimum addressable data unit size of the selected memory unit corresponding to the workload indicator. The data object is stored in the selected memory unit in response thereto.

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  • SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ebsen, David Scott Minnetonka, US 27 990
Gaertner, Mark Allen Vadnais Heights, US 71 2850
Gomez, Kevin Eden Prairie, US 16 824
Goss, Ryan James Prior Lake, US 92 2268
Khoueir, Antoine Apple Valley, US 76 1076
Trantham, Jon D Chanhassen, US 76 699

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