Patent ID: 8164936
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G06F,G11C

Abstract:
1. A data storage system comprising: a plurality of memory devices for storing data are classified into a plurality of different groups of memory devices, each memory device belongs to at least one of the groups of memory devices and at least some of the memory devices belong to more than one of the groups of memory devices; a control circuit adapted to provide concurrent memory access operations to the plurality of memory devices; a plurality of data channels, each data channel configured to provide a data path between the control circuit and one of the groups of memory devices; and a plurality of switches configured to connect and disconnect a first memory device in a select one of the groups of memory devices to one of the plurality of data channels and concurrently connect and disconnect another of the memory devices in the select group of memory devices to a different one of the plurality of data channels.