Patent ID: 11941270
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A method performed by a data storage device having a controller coupled to a non-volatile memory device, the method comprising:
polling a plurality of memory dies of the non-volatile memory device for a thermal status bit at a first predetermined rate;
determining whether the thermal status bit of at least one memory die of the plurality of memory dies is an active thermal status bit;
reducing an operating performance of the at least one memory die in response to determining that the thermal status bit of the at least one memory die of the plurality of memory dies is the active thermal status bit;
polling the at least one memory die at a second predetermined rate; and
determining whether the thermal status bit of the at least one memory die of the plurality of memory dies is not the active thermal status bit.