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TOMLIN ANDREW J
US33 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
28 patentsUS9170938B1Oct 27, 2015
Method and system for atomically writing scattered information in a solid state storage device
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC43 citations98
US9489296B1Nov 8, 2016
Methods, devices and systems for hardware-based garbage collection in solid state drives
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC43 citations94
US10417123B1Sep 17, 2019
Systems and methods for improving garbage collection and wear leveling performance in data storage systems
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC15 citations93
US9251067B1Feb 2, 2016
High speed trim command processing in a solid state drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC22 citations92
US9214963B1Dec 15, 2015
Method and system for monitoring data channel to enable use of dynamically adjustable LDPC coding parameters in a data storage system
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC22 citations92
US9170939B1Oct 27, 2015
Early de-allocation of write buffer in an SSD
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC17 citations92
US9632926B1Apr 25, 2017
Memory unit assignment and selection for internal memory operations in data storage systems
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC14 citations91
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
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
US9792067B2Oct 17, 2017
Trim command processing in a solid state drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations73
US9594520B2Mar 14, 2017
Atomic write command support in a solid state drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations73
US9471242B2Oct 18, 2016
Early de-allocation of write buffer in an SSD
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations73
US10114744B2Oct 30, 2018
Memory unit assignment and selection for internal memory operations in data storage systems
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
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
US9513831B2Dec 6, 2016
Method and system for atomically writing scattered information in a solid state storage device
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
US9760304B2Sep 12, 2017
High performance system for selective merging of dataframe segments
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations51