US 12,333,312 B2
Data storage with optimized boot files loading
Eran Moshe, Kfar Saba, IL (US); Gadi Vishne, Petach-Tikva (IL); and Refael Ben-Rubi, Rosh Haayln (IL)
Assigned to Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/218,834.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/420,838, filed on Oct. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0143337 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 9/4401 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 9/4401 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data storage device, comprising:
a memory device; and
a controller coupled to the memory device, wherein the controller is configured to:
determine that a boot operation of the data storage device is occurring;
retrieve a boot file from the memory device, wherein:
a plurality of boot files are stored in the memory device;
each of the plurality of boot files corresponds with a different data retention level; and
retrieving the boot file comprises:
determining a data retention level based on environment conditions of the memory device during the boot operation; and
selecting the boot file of the plurality of boot files based on the determining; and
boot the data storage device using the retrieved boot file.