US 12,189,983 B2
Storage device including storage controller processing command in which separate commands are merged and operating method thereof
Taek Gyu Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Byung Jun Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/498,046.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0068283 (KR), filed on May 26, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0393976 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0655 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage device comprising:
a non-volatile memory device; and
a storage controller configured to receive a first Protocol Information unit (PIU) including a first merge message from an external device, and perform, based on the first PIU, at least one of a sense operation of reading first data stored in a memory block of the non-volatile memory device and a select operation of storing, in the memory block, second data received from the external device,
wherein the first PIU includes:
a basic header segment; and
a first Extra Header Segment (EHS) including the first merge message.