Patent attributes
One or more control circuits of a storage system are configured to intelligently set a task readiness indicator for tasks on a task command queue. A memory controller may divide each of the tasks into one or more chunks. The memory controller initiates processing of at least some of the chunks for at least two tasks and determines a task readiness factor each of the tasks based on how far respective chunks have progressed in the processing. The memory controller sets a ready indicator in a task status register for a selected task based on the task readiness factor of the tasks. Therefore, task latency may be reduced. In one aspect, the memory controller allocates a ring buffer to chunks of an executing task. This ring buffer may assure that there will always be memory for the chunks of the task.
