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MULLENDORE RODNEY N
US43 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
29 patentsUS9489296B1Nov 8, 2016
Methods, devices and systems for hardware-based garbage collection in solid state drives
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC43 citations94
US9170939B1Oct 27, 2015
Early de-allocation of write buffer in an SSD
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC17 citations92
US10254983B2Apr 9, 2019
Atomic write command support in a solid state drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations84
US9507523B1Nov 29, 2016
Methods, devices and systems for variable size logical page management in a solid state drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC15 citations84
US9454474B2Sep 27, 2016
Methods, devices and systems for two stage power-on map rebuild with free space accounting in a solid state drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC6 citations84
US9384088B1Jul 5, 2016
Double writing map table entries in a data storage system to guard against silent corruption
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC8 citations84
US9286176B1Mar 15, 2016
Selective skipping of blocks in an SSD
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC7 citations84
US9268682B2Feb 23, 2016
Methods, devices and systems for physical-to-logical mapping in solid state drives
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC15 citations84
US9218279B2Dec 22, 2015
Atomic write command support in a solid state drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC6 citations84
US8954694B2Feb 10, 2015
Methods, data storage devices and systems for fragmented firmware table rebuild in a solid state drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC13 citations84
US10372346B2Aug 6, 2019
Extensible storage system controller
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations83
US9354955B1May 31, 2016
Partial garbage collection for fast error handling and optimized garbage collection for the invisible band
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC8 citations83
US9021339B2Apr 28, 2015
Data reliability schemes for data storage systems
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC14 citations83
US10082957B2Sep 25, 2018
Dual-ported PCI express-based storage cartridge including single-ported storage controllers
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations73
US9594520B2Mar 14, 2017
Atomic write command support in a solid state drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations73
US9529710B1Dec 27, 2016
Interleaved channels in a solid-state drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations73
US9471242B2Oct 18, 2016
Early de-allocation of write buffer in an SSD
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations73
US11314418B2Apr 26, 2022
Extensible storage system and method
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations72
US10990293B2Apr 27, 2021
Extensible storage system and method
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations72
US10642503B2May 5, 2020
Extensible storage system and method
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations72
US10061696B2Aug 28, 2018
Partial garbage collection for fast error handling and optimized garbage collection for the invisible band
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations72
US9177638B2Nov 3, 2015
Methods and devices for avoiding lower page corruption in data storage devices
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations63
US9059736B2Jun 16, 2015
Methods, solid state drive controllers and data storage devices having a runtime variable raid protection scheme
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations63
US11704023B2Jul 18, 2023
Extensible storage system and method
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US9304709B2Apr 5, 2016
High performance system providing selective merging of dataframe segments in hardware
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations62
US9817577B2Nov 14, 2017
Methods, devices and systems for two stage power-on map rebuild with free space accounting in a solid state drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations52
US9948322B1Apr 17, 2018
High performance read-modify-write system providing line-rate merging of dataframe segments in hardware
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations51
US9760304B2Sep 12, 2017
High performance system for selective merging of dataframe segments
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations51
US9081700B2Jul 14, 2015
High performance read-modify-write system providing line-rate merging of dataframe segments in hardware
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations51
NISHAN SYSTEMS INC
6 patentsUS6400730B1Jun 4, 2002
Method and apparatus for transferring data between IP network devices and SCSI and fibre channel devices over an IP network
NISHAN SYSTEMS INC639 citations97
US7215680B2May 8, 2007
Method and apparatus for scheduling packet flow on a fibre channel arbitrated loop
NISHAN SYSTEMS INC77 citations96
US7197047B2Mar 27, 2007
Method and apparatus for transferring data between IP network devices and SCSI and fibre channel devices over an IP network
NISHAN SYSTEMS INC74 citations96
US7042891B2May 9, 2006
Dynamic selection of lowest latency path in a network switch
NISHAN SYSTEMS INC39 citations92
US7283556B2Oct 16, 2007
Method and system for managing time division multiplexing (TDM) timeslots in a network switch
NISHAN SYSTEMS INC10 citations83
US7227841B2Jun 5, 2007
Packet input thresholding for resource distribution in a network switch
NISHAN SYSTEMS INC18 citations83
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC
4 patentsUS8051197B2Nov 1, 2011
Network congestion management systems and methods
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC34 citations91
US7809852B2Oct 5, 2010
High jitter scheduling of interleaved frames in an arbitrated loop
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC10 citations83
US7406041B2Jul 29, 2008
System and method for late-dropping packets in a network switch
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC7 citations73
US9866484B2Jan 9, 2018
Network congestion management systems and methods
BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC1 citations62