Abstract: A solid state drive includes a controller with a hardware interface to fewer planes of memory cells than included in the nonvolatile storage. For example, a controller hardware interface can include a 1N plane interface coupled to a nonvolatile storage device with 2N planes of memory cells. For data access transactions between the controller and the nonvolatile storage device, first and second consecutive 1N plane command sequences are interpreted as a single 2N plane command sequence.

Abstract: A solid state drive includes a controller with a hardware interface to fewer planes of memory cells than included in the nonvolatile storage. For example, a controller hardware interface can include a 1N plane interface coupled to a nonvolatile storage device with 2N planes of memory cells. For data access transactions between the controller and the nonvolatile storage device, first and second consecutive 1N plane command sequences are interpreted as a single 2N plane command sequence.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuring a memory device, such as a flash memory device, is herein described. Features/functional modules of a memory device, are selectable by a manufacturer, customer, or user. Instead of a manufacturer having to complete numerous redesigns of a memory product to meet multiple customer's special needs, a single all inclusive device is manufactured and the customized features are selected/configured, by the manufacturer, or by the customer themselves. By using one time programmable (OTP) flags, the features are enabled or disabled, by the manufacturer, customer, or user, and may potentially not be altered by a user later. Moreover, after configuring a memory device, a manufacturer, customer, or end user may also lock down a configuration module to ensure the configuration itself is not later intentionally or inadvertently altered.