Patent ID: 11966272
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A system comprising:
a storage device comprising non-volatile memory, volatile memory separate from host memory of a host device, and control circuitry separate from a host processor;
a unidirectional power state hardware pin, separate from a communication interface between the host device and the storage device, the unidirectional power state hardware pin controlled by the storage device and configured to provide a storage device power status,
wherein the control circuitry is configured to automatically, while the communication interface is disabled and after a threshold amount of time after completing an operation and without receiving or performing a subsequent command or operation, move host data stored in volatile memory of the storage device to non-volatile memory of the storage device,
wherein the control circuitry is configured to automatically transition the storage device power status from an active power status to a low power status on the unidirectional power state hardware pin after automatically moving the host data stored in volatile memory of the storage device to non-volatile memory of the storage device, indicating that the host device can remove VCC from the storage system.