Patent ID: 7636809
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: G06F,G11B,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A device that operates in low power and high power modes, comprising: volatile memory; nonvolatile memory that includes at least one of a low power (LP) hard disk drive (HDD) with a nonvolatile semiconductor memory interface and a high power HDD with a nonvolatile semiconductor memory interface; and an operating system that includes a virtual memory adjustment module that enables designation of at least a portion of said nonvolatile memory for paging files to increase virtual memory of said device, wherein at least one of said nonvolatile semiconductor memory interface of said LP HDD and said nonvolatile semiconductor memory interface of said HP HDD is configured to directly connect to a nonvolatile semiconductor memory connector of a host, and wherein said nonvolatile semiconductor memory connector is configured for a memory card.