Patent ID: 9417998
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G06F,G11C,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a command, at a memory controller of a non-volatile memory module that is coupled to a host device, the command for writing data that resides in a system memory of the host device to the non-volatile memory module, the system memory being separate from the non-volatile memory module, the command received from an initiator; initiating, by the memory controller of the non-volatile memory module in response to the command, a write of the data that resides in a first location in the system memory of the host device into a second location in the system memory of the host device, the second location in the system memory of the host device for use at least by the non-volatile memory module; and sending, by the memory controller, in response to the write of the data that resides in the first location in the system memory of the host device into the second location in the system memory of the host device and without first initiating writing the data into a non-volatile memory of the non-volatile memory module, an acknowledgment indicating that the command for writing the data that resides in the system memory of the host device to the non-volatile memory module has been executed, the acknowledgement sent to the initiator of the command.