Patent ID: 7970978

Claim:
A data storage system, comprising: a plurality of solid state memory devices each including at least one memory unit; and a controller coupled to the plurality of solid state memory devices, the controller including: a data interface of a first type and a data interface of a second type, each of the data interfaces of the first and second types configured to be coupled to a corresponding data interface of a host device, a first serial data bus coupled to each of the data interfaces of the first and second types and to each of the plurality of the solid state memory devices, a plurality of processors of a first type, each of the plurality of processors of the first type coupled to a respective solid state memory device, and a processor of a second type configured to manage access to the first serial data bus by the plurality of processors of the first type, the controller configured to manage data flow between the plurality of solid state memory devices and the host device through the data interfaces of the first and second types.