METHOD OF MANAGING A SOLID STATE DRIVE, ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND IMPLEMENTATIONS
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Abstract
One embodiment of a method includes loading, by a memory controller, a boot image from a solid state drive to an operating memory of a computing system during an initialization operation of the computing system. The initialization operation initializes components of the computing system.
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40 Claims
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1-20. -20. (canceled)
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21. A method for setting a mode of a storage device including a plurality of memory chips, the method comprising:
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determining whether a number of bad blocks of a first memory chip among the plurality of memory chips is higher than a threshold value; setting the first memory chip to a read only mode if the number of the bad blocks is higher than the threshold value; and storing metadata of the first memory chip set to the read only mode to a second memory chip among the plurality of memory chips if the number of the bad blocks is higher than the threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for initializing a storage device including a plurality of memory chips, the method comprising:
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determining whether an identification number is read from a selected memory chip of the plurality of memory chips; reading metadata from the selected memory chip if the identification number is read from the selected memory chip; selecting a mode of the selected memory chip according to the read metadata; and determining whether modes of remaining memory chips of the plurality of memory chips are selected. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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