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ScaleFlux Assigned Patent

Direct non-volatile cache access across devices

ScaleFlux, Inc., San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,710,167) developed by Liu, Yang, Milpitas, CA, Zhong, Hao, Los Gatos, CA, Sun, Fei, Irvine, CA, and Zhang, Tong, Watervilet, NY, for a “direct non-volatile cache access across devices.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A system and method of providing direct data access between a non-volatile cache and a set of storage devices in a computing system. A system is disclosed that includes: a processing core embedded in a controller card that controls a non-volatile cache system, and a direct access manager for directing the processing core, wherein the direct access manager includes: a switch configuration system that includes logic to control a switch for either a direct access mode or a CPU access mode, wherein the switch couples each of the storage devices, a local bus, and the non-volatile cache system, a command output system that includes logic to output data transfer commands, and a data transfer system that includes logic to manage the flow of data directly between the non-volatile memory and the set of storage devices, and an arbitrator that arbitrates data traffic flow through the switch.

The patent application was filed on October 21, 2015 (14/919,344).

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