Abstract: A storage system and method for thermal throttling via command arbitration are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system is provided comprising a memory and a controller in communication with the memory. The controller is configured to determine whether a temperature of the storage system exceeds a threshold; and in response to determining that the temperature of the storage system exceeds the threshold, pause fetching of new commands from a host. Other embodiments are possible, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.

Abstract: A storage system and method for thermal throttling via command arbitration are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system is provided comprising a memory and a controller in communication with the memory. The controller is configured to determine whether a temperature of the storage system exceeds a threshold; and in response to determining that the temperature of the storage system exceeds the threshold, pause fetching of new commands from a host. Other embodiments are possible, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.

Abstract: A storage device with a memory may implement software queueing that can supplement hardware accelerated queueing mechanisms. A software queue supplementing a hardware queue can extend the size and allow pending operations to proceed even if the hardware queue is saturated. The use of software-based queues may extend processing capacity in a hardware-accelerated front-end storage device architecture. The software queue may process excess commands that cannot be handled by a hardware queue with a limited depth.