IP Library Granted Patent US 11,314,445
Granted Patent B2
US 11,314,445 · App. 16/688,080 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Pattern tracking for efficiently predicting control pages

Inventors: Dinesh Kumar Agarwal (Karnataka, IN); Hitesh Golechchha (Karnataka, IN); Sourabh Sankule (Karnataka, IN)
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Patent No.
US 11,314,445
App. No.
16/688,080
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects of a storage device are provided which allow for identification of control page patterns from previous read commands and prediction of control pages to load in advance for subsequent read commands. The storage device includes a memory configured to store data and a plurality of control pages. Each of the control pages includes a plurality of logical addresses associated with the data. A controller is configured to receive from a host device a plurality of read commands associated with a sequence of the control pages. The controller is further configured to identify and store a control page pattern based on the sequence of control pages and to predict one or more of the control pages from one or more of the other control pages in the sequence in a subsequent plurality of read commands.

Claims (28)

1. A storage device, comprising:

memory configured to store data and a plurality of control pages, each of the control pages including a plurality of logical addresses associated with the data; and

a controller configured to receive from a host device a plurality of read commands associated with a sequence of the control pages, the controller being further configured to predict one or more of the control pages from one or more of the other control pages in the sequence;

wherein the controller is further configured to identify one or more outlier control pages from the plurality of read commands, and to refrain from identifying a control page pattern from the one or more outlier control pages.

2. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to read the one or more of the control pages from the memory when the controller reads the data associated with the one or more of the other control pages.

3. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of read commands associated with the sequence of the control pages comprises one of consecutive read commands or non-consecutive read commands received from the host device.

4. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to identify the control page pattern based on the sequence of the control pages, and to identify one or more predicted control pages from the control page pattern.

5. The storage device of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to apply an offset to the one or more of the other control pages in the sequence to identify the control page pattern.

6. The storage device of claim 5 , wherein the offset comprises one of an average weightage or a minimum weightage of the one or more of the other control pages in the sequence.

7. The storage device of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to predict the one or more of the control pages in the sequence after applying the offset to the one or more predicted control pages.

8. A storage device, comprising:

memory configured to store data and a plurality of control pages, each of the control pages including a plurality of logical addresses associated with the data; and

a controller configured to receive from a host device a plurality of read commands associated with a sequence of the control pages, the controller being further configured to identify a control page pattern based on the sequence of the control pages, and to store the control page pattern in the memory;

wherein the controller is further configured to identify one or more outlier control pages from the plurality of read commands, and to refrain from identifying the control page pattern from the one or more outlier control pages.

9. The storage device of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to identify one or more predicted control pages from the control page pattern, and to store the one or more predicted control pages in the memory.

10. The storage device of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to store a frequency associated with the control page pattern in the memory.

11. The storage device of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to update the frequency after predicting one or more of the control pages for a subsequent plurality of read commands from the control page pattern.

12. The storage device of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to apply an offset to the sequence of the control pages to identify the control page pattern, and to store the offset in the memory.

13. The storage device of claim 12 , wherein the offset comprises one of an average weightage or a minimum weightage of the control pages in the sequence.

14. A storage device, comprising:

memory configured to store data and a plurality of control pages, each of the control pages including a plurality of logical addresses associated with the data; and

a controller configured to receive from a host device a plurality of read commands associated with a sequence of the control pages, the controller being further configured to identify a control page pattern based on the sequence of the control pages, and to predict one or more of the control pages from one or more of the other control pages in a subsequent plurality of read commands from the control page pattern;

wherein the controller is further configured to identify one or more outlier control pages from the plurality of read commands, and to refrain from identifying the control page pattern from the one or more outlier control pages.

15. The storage device of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to read the one or more of the control pages from the memory when the controller reads the data associated with the one or more of the other control pages.

16. The storage device of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to identify the control page pattern from the plurality of read commands in a first range of control pages, and to refrain from identifying the control page pattern from the plurality of read commands in a second range of control pages.

17. The storage device of claim 16 , wherein the second range of control pages is separated at least by an offset from the first range of control pages.

18. The storage device of claim 17 , wherein the offset comprises an average weightage of the control pages in the sequence of the control pages.

19. The storage device of claim 14 , wherein the one or more outlier control pages are in a different range of control pages than the one or more of the control pages predicted for the subsequent plurality of read commands.

Assignments (10)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 25, 2025
From: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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PARTIAL RELEASE OF SECURITY INTERESTS Recorded Apr 25, 2025
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS AGENT
To: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 071382/0001 →
PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 23, 2024
From: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS THE AGENT
Reel/Frame 068762/0494 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 27, 2024
From: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 067982/0032 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2024
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 067567/0682 →
PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT - A&R LOAN AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 064715/0001 →
PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT - DDTL LOAN AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 067045/0156 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 052025 FRAME 0088 Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 058965/0699 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2020
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 052025/0088 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2019
From: AGARWAL, DINESH KUMAR; GOLECHCHHA, HITESH; SANKULE, SOURABH
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 051050/0341 →