Micron Technology, Inc.
COMMAND PACKETS FOR THE DIRECT CONTROL OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CHANNELS WITHIN A SOLID STATE DRIVE

Abstract:

Apparatuses and methods for providing and interpreting command packets for direct control of memory channels are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes flash memories configured into channels and a controller coupled to the flash memories. The controller receives packets and interpret the packets based at least on a first protocol, and determines whether any packets are linked based on a link identifier included in a block of each packet. The controller arranges the subset of packets based on an index included in the block of each packet of the subset of packets, and the subset of packets are arranged in order based on the respective indexes. A target flash memory and a target channel are determined by the controller based on flash memory and channel identifiers included in the block of each of the packet of the subset of packets.