Patent ID: 7584304
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: G06F,G11C

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: a non-volatile semiconductor memory; and an interface unit including a plurality of storage interfaces, the plurality of storage interfaces including: an Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) storage interface directly coupled to an external host to convert data in accordance with an ATA protocol when selected responsive to a selection signal; and a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) storage interface directly coupled to the external host to convert the data in accordance with a SATA protocol when selected responsive to the selection signal; and a memory controller to scramble the converted data and to map an input digital signal stream to a signal stream with different statistical characteristic; where the interface unit is structured to select a storage interface from the plurality of storage interfaces responsive to the selection signal; where the host is external to the device, and the non-volatile semiconductor memory is structured to exchange the data with the external host via the selected storage interface; and where the non-volatile semiconductor memory includes one or more non-volatile memory chips, and any selected one of the ATA storage interface and SATA storage interface is commonly connected to the one or more non-volatile memory chips.