US 12,321,296 B2
Multi-protocol IO infrastructure for a flexible storage platform
Fred Worley, San Jose, CA (US); Harry Rogers, San Jose, CA (US); Sreenivas Krishnan, San Jose, CA (US); Zhan Ping, San Jose, CA (US); and Michael Scriber, Hayward, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/424,460.
Application 18/424,460 is a continuation of application No. 17/316,385, filed on May 10, 2021, granted, now 11,907,150.
Application 17/316,385 is a continuation of application No. 16/994,405, filed on Aug. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,003,609, issued on May 11, 2021.
Application 16/994,405 is a continuation of application No. 16/433,838, filed on Jun. 6, 2019, granted, now 10,776,299, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Application 16/433,838 is a continuation of application No. 16/024,638, filed on Jun. 29, 2018, granted, now 10,360,166, issued on Jul. 23, 2019.
Application 16/024,638 is a continuation of application No. 15/090,409, filed on Apr. 4, 2016, granted, now 10,114,778, issued on Oct. 30, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/158,714, filed on May 8, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0168903 A1, May 23, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 13/385 (2013.01) [G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a storage board; and
a storage circuit in communication with the storage board, and connected to a first storage device over a physical connector,
wherein the storage circuit is configured to:
determine, according to the physical connector, a first storage protocol used by the first storage device that is different from a storage protocol used by a host interface; and
modify a communication, received according to the storage protocol used by the host interface, based on the different first storage protocol used by the first storage device.