Patent ID: 11941263
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A method performed by a data storage device, the method comprising:
maintaining a queue of pending operations for a first plurality of storage dies of the data storage device;
awarding, in a time interval, a higher priority to a first subset of the pending operations than to a different second subset of the pending operations, at least one operation of the first subset being in the queue behind at least one operation of the second subset; and
connecting a power supply to a second plurality of the storage dies, the second plurality being a subset of the first plurality and being dynamically changeable in time; and
wherein, in the time interval, the connecting comprises including storage dies corresponding to the first subset into the second plurality of the storage dies in response to the awarding.