Data storage device with rewriteable in-place memory

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10147501-B1
Application number	US-201715607784-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 30, 2017
Priority date	May 30, 2017
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

A data storage device may consist of a non-volatile memory connected to a selection module. The non-volatile memory can have a rewritable in-place memory cell that has a read-write asymmetry. The selection module can dedicate a portion of the non-volatile memory to a data map that can be self-contained along with reactively and proactively altered by the selection module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising a data storage device consisting of a non-volatile memory connected to a selection module, the non-volatile memory comprising a rewritable in-place memory cell having a read-write asymmetry corresponding to a settle time after a data write, the selection module dedicating a portion of the non-volatile memory to a data map.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the rewritable in-place memory cell is bit addressable and comprises a selection layer contacting a resistive unit.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the resistive unit contacts a bit line and the selection layer contacts a word line, the bit line oriented orthogonally to the word line.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the data map is resident on less than all of the non-volatile memory.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the data map comprises translations of logical block addresses (LBA) to physical block addresses (PBA) of data stored in the non-volatile memory.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the non-volatile memory has a read latency of one microsecond or less.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the non-volatile memory comprises multiple vertically stacked die, each die comprising a plurality of rewritable in-place memory cells.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the settle time after a data write corresponds with an increased resistance volatility in the rewritable in-place memory cell.

9. A method comprising
activating a data storage device consisting of a non-volatile memory connected to a selection module, the non-volatile memory comprising a rewritable in-place memory cell having a read-write asymmetry;
dedicating a portion of the non-volatile memory to a data map with the selection module; and
updating the data map in-place with the selection module.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selection module generates multiple different data maps.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selection module services a read request to data written within a settle time of the rewritable in-place memory cell by loading a shadow copy from a buffer memory of the data storage device.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the data map is self-contained within the non-volatile memory.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the data map represents data stored in the non-volatile memory.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selection module maintains a shadow map in a buffer memory of the data storage device, the buffer memory being separate and different than the non-volatile memory.

15. A method comprising
activating a data storage device consisting of a non-volatile memory connected to a selection module, the non-volatile memory comprising a rewritable in-place memory cell having a read-write asymmetry;
dedicating a portion of the non-volatile memory to a data map with the selection module;
predicting an event with the selection module; and
altering the data map to adapt to the predicted event and maintain a performance metric of the data storage device.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the selection module updates the data map to adapt to the predicted event.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the predicted event is a change in environmental condition.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the performance metric is data read latency.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the selection module alters the data map by replicating a portion of the data map to a volatile buffer memory.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the selection module alters the data map by creating a map hierarchy comprising a first level map and second level map, the first level map stored in a different memory than the second level map.

Assignees

• Seagate Technology Llc
• Seagate Technology Llc

Inventors

• Ebsen David S
• Ish Mark
• Canepa Timothy

Classifications

• G11C11/1659

  Cell access · CPC title

• G11C16/10

  Programming or data input circuits · CPC title

• G11C7/18

  Bit line organisation; Bit line lay-out · CPC title

• G06F12/1408

  by using cryptography (for digital transmission H04L9/00) · CPC title

• G06F2212/401

  Compressed data · CPC title