Samsung patents storage drives that run database queries on the hardware
Samsung has been granted a patent for a storage system that combines non-volatile memory with a built-in processing circuit. This design allows the drive to receive a query and execute it directly on the data stored within a specific section of the memory, rather than sending the data to a separate computer processor.
In the filing’s own words
A system and method for accelerating algorithms using disaggregated computational storage. In some embodiments, the system includes: a non-volatile storage device, including: non-volatile memory; and a processing circuit, wherein: the non-volatile memory of the non-volatile storage device stores a first part of an object portion; and the processing circuit of the non-volatile storage device is configured: to receive a data structure, the data structure defining a query; and to execute an operation, on the first part of the object portion, based on the query.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A system, comprising: a non-volatile storage device, comprising: a non-volatile memory device storing data in an object portion; and a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit of the non-volatile storage device is configured: to receive a query; and to execute the query on the data in a first part of the object portion, the object portion corresponding to a column of a table, wherein: the query is represented as a data structure; the data structure comprises a first field having a first value; and the first value defines a first characteristic of the query.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- System and method for processing data using a storage device including a processing circuit
- Patent number
- US12748759B2
- Application number
- 18523770
- Filed
- Nov 29, 2023
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 12
Classified under
G06F 16/24553 Physics & computingG06F 16/2457 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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