Patent ID: 11941295
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
performing the following in a data storage device in communication with a host comprising a first processor, a second processor, and a queue:
determine whether the queue is associated with the first processor or with the second processor;
in response to determining that the queue is associated with the first processor, select a first data path to the queue;
in response to determining that the queue is associated with the second processor, select a second data path to the queue, wherein the first and the second data paths have different latency and/or throughput attributes; and
determine a maximum packet size, a maximum read request size, and/or a maximum number of outstanding transactions to issue based on whether the queue is associated with the first processor or with the second processor.