A control module for controlling a solid-state disk (SSD) includes a first interface, a cache memory, and a second interface. The first interface interfaces a nonvolatile semiconductor memory (NVM) of the SSD to a processor that is located externally to the SSD. The cache memory selectively caches at least one of code and data from the NVM. The second interface interfaces the cache memory to the processor and outputs portions of at least one of code and data from the cache memory to the processor.