Patent ID: 9304929
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A storage system, comprising: a data storage device; a tag storage device, comprising: a controller, coupled between the data storage device and the tag storage device, the controller arranged to set a specific second tag entry in the tag storage device to associate with a specific data storage line with which a specific first tag entry in the tag storage device is associated; wherein the controller is further arranged to program a data storage line size of each data storage line allocated in the data storage device; and when the data storage line size is programmed by a first value, the first tag entries and the second tag entries are associated with a plurality of first data storage lines allocated in the data storage device, respectively; and when the data storage line size is programmed by a second value, only the first tag entries in the tag storage device are associated with a plurality of second data storage lines allocated in the data storage device, respectively.