US 12,469,729 B2
Storage system
Tatsuro Hitomi, Hiratsuka Kanagawa (JP); Yasuhito Yoshimizu, Kawasaki Kanagawa (JP); Arata Inoue, Chigasaki Kanagawa (JP); Hiroyuki Dohmae, Yokohama Kanagawa (JP); Kazuhito Hayasaka, Tokyo (JP); and Tomoya Sanuki, Yokkaichi Mie (JP)
Assigned to Kioxia Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Kioxia Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/371,669.
Application 18/371,669 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/011856, filed on Mar. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0014062 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H01L 21/677 (2006.01); H01L 21/68 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 21/67781 (2013.01) [H01L 21/6773 (2013.01); H01L 21/67766 (2013.01); H01L 21/67769 (2013.01); H01L 21/68 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage system comprising:
a first stocker that is capable of storing a plurality of memory devices, each of the plurality of memory devices including a plurality of non-volatile memory chips;
a mounter configured to mount at least one of the plurality of memory devices in a case;
a second stocker that is capable of storing a case-mounted memory device, the case-mounted memory device including the case and the at least one of the plurality of memory devices mounted in the case;
a host apparatus including at least one slot to which the case-mounted memory device is connectable, the host apparatus being configured to read or write data from or to the at least one of the plurality of memory devices included in the case-mounted memory device connected to the slot;
a first transport device configured to transport the plurality of memory devices between the first stocker and the mounter; and
a second transport device configured to transport the case-mounted memory device among the mounter, the second stocker, and the host apparatus, wherein
the host apparatus is further configured to:
determine a first memory device to be accessed among the plurality of memory devices;
when a first case-mounted memory device, which is the case-mounted memory device that includes the first memory device, is connected to the slot of the host apparatus, execute reading or writing of data from or to the first memory device;
when the first case-mounted memory device is not connected to the slot of the host apparatus and is stored in the second stocker, cause the second transport device to transport the first case-mounted memory device to the slot of the host apparatus, and to connect the first case-mounted memory device to the slot; and
when the first case-mounted memory device is not connected to the slot of the host apparatus and is not stored in the second stocker, cause the first transport device to transport the first memory device from the first stocker to the mounter, cause the mounter to mount the transported first memory device in the case for assembling the first case-mounted memory device, and cause the second transport device to transport the first case-mounted memory device to the slot of the host apparatus, and to connect the first case-mounted memory device to the slot.