Patent ID: 11922060
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. A storage system comprising:
a memory controller;
multiple memory devices, each comprising a device controller and a group of non-volatile memory cells; and
a storage-system interface configured to enable communication between the memory controller and one or more of the multiple memory devices,
wherein at least one of the device controllers is configured to:
compress data prior to transfer over the storage-system interface to improve an effective internal data transmission speed of the storage system; and
reserve space between the compressed and uncompressed data to retain storage capacity of the storage system or alignment of data in the storage system without increasing an effective storage capacity of the multiple memory devices,

wherein, to compress data prior to transfer over the storage-system interface to improve the effective internal data transmission speed of the storage system without increasing storage capacity of the multiple memory devices, the at least one of the device controllers are configured to reserve space between the compressed and uncompressed data to retain storage capacity of the storage system.