IMPROVED SUPPORT FOR VOLATILE AND NON-VOLATILE EXTERNAL STORAGE

Abstract

In an exemplary embodiment, a device comprises an address protocol controller configured to receive an access request comprising an address associated with an external memory, and an external memory interface controller coupled to the address protocol controller and configured to couple to the external memory. The address protocol controller is configured to determine, based on a type of the external memory device, whether to generate a modified address associated with the address in the access request. Based on the external memory device being a first type, the address protocol controller is configured to provide the address to the external memory.Based on the external memory being of a second type, the address protocol controller is configured to generate the modified address and provide the modified address to the external memory interface controller.

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