MULTI-LEVEL MEMORY REPURPOSING
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1. A storage system, comprising:
- persistent storage media including multiple bits per cell;
a controller communicatively coupled to the persistent storage media; and
logic communicatively coupled to the controller and the persistent storage media to;
receive a request to modify a configuration of the persistent storage media, andrepurpose a region of the persistent storage media from a first number of bits per cell to a second number of bits per cell in response to the request.
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Abstract
An embodiment of a semiconductor apparatus may include technology to receive a request to modify a configuration of a persistent storage media, and repurpose a region of the persistent storage media from a first number of bits per cell to a second number of bits per cell in response to the request. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
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20 Claims
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1. A storage system, comprising:
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persistent storage media including multiple bits per cell; a controller communicatively coupled to the persistent storage media; and logic communicatively coupled to the controller and the persistent storage media to; receive a request to modify a configuration of the persistent storage media, and repurpose a region of the persistent storage media from a first number of bits per cell to a second number of bits per cell in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A semiconductor apparatus, comprising:
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one or more substrates; and logic coupled to the one or more substrates, wherein the logic is at least partly implemented in one or more of configurable logic and fixed-functionality hardware logic, the logic coupled to the one or more substrates to; receive a request to modify a configuration of a persistent storage media, and repurpose a region of the persistent storage media from a first number of bits per cell to a second number of bits per cell in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of managing storage, comprising:
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receiving a request to modify a configuration of a persistent storage media; and repurposing a region of the persistent storage media from a first number of bits per cell to a second number of bits per cell in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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