Patent ID: 11966630
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A data storage device, comprising:
a memory device; and
a controller coupled to the memory device, wherein the controller is configured to:
segment a key to physical (K2P) table into two or more segments, wherein each segment of the two or more segments corresponds to a caching priority of key value (KV) pair data;
organize the K2P table by storing and relocating one or more K2P table entries into a respective segment of the two or more segments, wherein the storing and relocating comprises moving a K2P table entry based on the caching priority of the KV pair data into the respective segment having the caching priority; and
utilize the K2P table to manage KV pair data stored in the memory device, wherein utilizing the K2P table comprises applying a same management operation to each KV pair data of a same segment.