Solid state drive controller

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory port comprising a plurality of channels coupled to a memory array that is at least partially interchangeably configurable as high-throughput or low-latency; and

a controller coupled to the memory port and configured to:

determine whether a received request is a configuration request comprising instructions to configure a portion of the memory array associated with a subset of the channels as high-throughput or low-latency; and

responsive to determining that the received request is a configuration request:

configure the portion of the memory array as high-throughput or low-latency according to the configuration request;

update a configuration table according to the configuration request;

responsive to the configuration request comprising instructions to configure the portion of the memory array as low-latency, distribute information to a greater quantity of the channels to reduce latency; and

responsive to the configuration request comprising instructions to configure the portion of the memory array as high-throughput, distribute information to a lesser quantity of the channels to increase throughput.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to distribute requests to either the greater quantity of the channels or the lesser quantity of the channels on a partition-by-partition basis.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to distribute requests to either the greater quantity of the channels or the lesser number of the channels on a sector-by-sector basis.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to store configuration information for the memory array.

5. A method, comprising:

determining whether a received request is a configuration request comprising instructions to configure at least one portion of a memory array as high-throughput or low-latency,

wherein the at least one portion of the memory array is associated with at least one channel of a memory port coupled to the memory array, and

wherein the memory array is at least partially interchangeably configurable as high-throughput or low-latency; and

responsive to determining that the received request is a configuration request:

configuring individual portions of the memory array associated with a plurality of channels of the memory port and the configuration request as high-throughput or low-latency according to the configuration request; and

updating a configuration table according to the configuration request.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

responsive to the configuration request comprising instructions to configure the individual portions of the memory array as low-latency, selectively increasing a quantity of the channels to which information is distributed to reduce latency; and

responsive to the configuration request comprising instructions to configure the portion of the memory array as high-throughput, selectively decreasing a quantity of the channels to which information is distributed to increase throughput.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising distributing information to an increased quantity of the channels or a decreased quantity of the channels according to the configuration request on a drive-wide basis.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising distributing information to an increased quantity of the channels or a decreased quantity of the channels according to the configuration request on a partition-by-partition basis.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising distributing information to an increased quantity of the channels or a decreased quantity of the channels according to the configuration request on a sector-by-sector basis.

10. The method of claim 5 , further comprising storing configuration information indicative of portions of the memory array configured as low-latency.

11. The method of claim 5 , further comprising storing configuration information indicative of portions of the memory array configured as high-throughput.

12. The method of claim 5 , further comprising receiving user input of the configuration request through an application from a host.

13. The method of claim 5 , further comprising receiving user input of the configuration request through a driver from a host.

14. An apparatus comprising:

a memory array, wherein the memory array is accessible through a memory port comprising a plurality of channels and at least partially interchangeably configurable as high-throughput or low-latency; and

a controller coupled to the memory array and configured to:

determine whether a received request is a configuration request comprising instructions to configure a portion of the memory array associated with a subset of the channels as high-throughput or low-latency; and

responsive to determining that the received request is a configuration request:

configure the portion of the memory array as high-throughput or low-latency according to the configuration request; and

update a configuration table according to the received configuration request.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the memory array and the controller comprise a solid state drive (SSD).

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to store configuration information for the memory array.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising a processor hosting applications to initiate memory requests to access the memory array through the controller.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the applications provide a user input of the configuration request.

19. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to:

responsive to the configuration request comprising instructions to configure the portion of the memory array as low-latency, distribute information into a single one of the channels of the memory port; and

responsive to the configuration request comprising instructions to configure the portion of the memory array as high-throughput, distribute information into all the channels of the memory port.