IP Library Granted Patent US 9,891,841
Granted Patent B2
US 9,891,841 · App. 14/408,120 · Granted Feb 13, 2018

Storage system including a plurality of memory nodes connected through first and second groups of interfaces

Inventors: Atsuhiro Kinoshita (Kamakura, JP); Hiroshi Komuro (Sayama, JP); Hiroshi Sasagawa (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 9,891,841
App. No.
14/408,120
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A storage system includes a memory unit group that includes a first memory unit and a plurality of second memory units, and the first memory unit is connected to the plurality of second memory units so that data can be transmitted between the first memory unit and the second memory units. The plurality of second memory units is mounted on a same first substrate. One second memory unit of the plurality of second memory units cooperates with the first memory unit and does not cooperate with the other second memory units of the plurality of second memory units.

Claims (28)

1. A storage system comprising:

two storages,

wherein each of the two storages includes a memory unit group that includes a plurality of first memory units connected to one another through a plurality of interfaces so that data is transmitted between the first memory units, and terminals that are connected to the memory unit group, and

the two storages are connectable to each other through the terminals, wherein,

the plurality of interfaces included in each of the two storages are classified into a first group and a second group which is different from the first group,

the terminals included in each of the two storages include a first terminal and a second terminal,

the first terminal is a bundle of terminals of interfaces belonging to the first group,

the second terminal is a bundle of terminals of interfaces belonging to the second group,

a memory unit among the plurality of first memory units included in one storage among the two storages is configured to transfer data to and from the plurality of first memory units included in the other storage among the two storages in a case that the one storage is connected to the other storage through the first terminal or the second terminal, and

each of the plurality of first memory units included in each of the two storages is connected, through both of an interface belonging to the first group and an interface belonging to the second group, to at least two other first memory units among the plurality of first memory units.

2. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of first memory units included in each of the two storages includes a plurality of second memory units being connected to both of the first terminal and the second terminal.

3. The storage system according to claim 2 , wherein

the plurality of second memory units are located on a first border of the plurality of the first memory units.

4. The storage system according to claim 3 , wherein

the terminals included in each of the two storages further include a third terminal and a fourth terminal,

the plurality of first memory units included in each of the two storages further includes a plurality of third memory units,

the plurality of third memory units are located on a second border of the plurality of the first memory units,

the second border is on a side opposite to the first border,

the third terminal is connected to the plurality of the third memory units through interfaces belonging to the first group,

the fourth terminal is connected to the plurality of the third memory units through interfaces belonging to the second group, and

a memory unit among the plurality of first memory units included in the one storage is capable of transferring data to and from the plurality of first memory units included in the other storage in a case that the one storage is connected to the other storage through the third terminal or the fourth terminal.

5. The storage system according to claim 4 , wherein

the third terminal included is connectable to the first terminal, and

the fourth terminal is connectable to the second terminal.

6. The storage system according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of first memory units includes a plurality of memory nodes, and

a memory node among the plurality of memory nodes included in one first memory unit among the plurality of first memory units is connected to a memory node among the plurality of memory nodes included in another first memory unit among the plurality of first memory units through an interface belonging to the first group or an interface belonging to the second group.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: K.K. PANGEA
Reel/Frame 055659/0471 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: K.K. PANGEA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055669/0401 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2017
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043088/0620 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2014
From: KINOSHITA, ATSUHIRO; KOMURO, HIROSHI; SASAGAWA, HIROSHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 034508/0015 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-272300 · Dec 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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