Techniques to Configure a Solid State Drive to Operate in a Storage Mode or a Memory Mode

摘要

Examples are disclosed for configuring a solid state drive (SSD) to operate in a storage mode or a memory mode. In some examples, one or more configuration commands may be received at a controller for an SSD having one or more non-volatile memory arrays. The SSD may be configured to operate in at least one of a storage mode, a memory mode or a combination of the storage mode or the memory mode based on the one or more configuration commands. Other examples are described and claimed.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a processor circuit; a receive module for execution on the processor circuit to receive one or more configuration commands; a configuration module for execution on the processor circuit to cause a solid state drive (SSD) to be configured to operate in at least one of a storage mode or a memory mode based on the received one or more configuration commands; a storage module for execution on the processor circuit to operate the SSD in the storage mode, the storage module having direct memory access (DMA) capabilities to access one or more non-volatile memory arrays for the SSD and a device programming interface to coordinate storage of data to at least a portion of the one or more non-volatile memory arrays via use of the DMA capabilities; and a memory module for execution on the processor circuit to operate the SSD in the memory mode, the memory module to cause at least a portion of the one or more non-volatile memory arrays to be addressable via a memory mapping configuration command included in the received one or more configuration commands.