US 12,306,761 B2
Storage module supporting prefetch function and operation method thereof
Wonjae Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Doohwan Oh, Suwon-si (KR); and Ilwoong Seo, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/139,112.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0087189 (KR), filed on Jul. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0020235 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/0844 (2016.01); G06F 12/0862 (2016.01)
CPC G06F 12/0862 (2013.01) [G06F 12/0844 (2013.01); G06F 2212/6026 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
setting a characteristic value by identifying information on a prefetch size and a toggle mode related to a plurality of bank groups, based on a setting command received from a host;
generating control signals based on a number of read operations indicated by the identified information on the prefetch size, and based on the information on the toggle mode; and
performing the number of read operations consecutively on a storage module in units of cache lines based on the control signals in response to one prefetch read command received from the host.