WO2009134561A3 - Multi-processor flash memory storage device and management system - Google Patents

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WO2009134561A3
WO2009134561A3 PCT/US2009/038516 US2009038516W WO2009134561A3 WO 2009134561 A3 WO2009134561 A3 WO 2009134561A3 US 2009038516 W US2009038516 W US 2009038516W WO 2009134561 A3 WO2009134561 A3 WO 2009134561A3
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    • G11C16/00—Erasable programmable read-only memories
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A data storage device has a host controller interface, a plurality of microprocessor units each having a portion of random access memory (RAM) dedicated thereto, a plurality of Flash device configurations each having dedicated bus connections to individual ones or multiples of the microprocessor units, and a dataflow controller accessible to the host controller interface for managing access to the Flash device configurations.
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