CPC G06F 3/0644 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01)] | 34 Claims |
1. A data storage device, comprising:
a memory die comprising non-volatile memory (NVM) storage elements and a latch comprising a volatile memory component of the memory die; and
a controller coupled to the memory die and configured to:
determine whether to make the latch of the memory die available for use as volatile memory by a host processing device;
notify the host processing device, in response to a determination to make the latch available, that memory within the latch is available for use as volatile memory by the host processing device;
receive a volatile memory write command from the host processing device that comprises data and an address corresponding to a storage location in the latch; and
store the data at the storage location in the latch in response to the volatile memory write command received from the host processing device.
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