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SINCLAIR ALAN W
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SANDISK CORP
20 patentsUS7610437B2Oct 27, 2009
Data consolidation and garbage collection in direct data file storage memories
SANDISK CORP118 citations99
US7450420B2Nov 11, 2008
Reclaiming data storage capacity in flash memories
SANDISK CORP135 citations99
US7529905B2May 5, 2009
Method of storing transformed units of data in a memory system having fixed sized storage blocks
SANDISK CORP138 citations98
US7441067B2Oct 21, 2008
Cyclic flash memory wear leveling
SANDISK CORP307 citations97
US7590795B2Sep 15, 2009
Flash memory systems utilizing direct data file storage
SANDISK CORP28 citations96
US7669003B2Feb 23, 2010
Reprogrammable non-volatile memory systems with indexing of directly stored data files
SANDISK CORP50 citations94
US7984233B2Jul 19, 2011
Direct data file storage implementation techniques in flash memories
SANDISK CORP23 citations93
US7877539B2Jan 25, 2011
Direct data file storage in flash memories
SANDISK CORP38 citations93
US7814262B2Oct 12, 2010
Memory system storing transformed units of data in fixed sized storage blocks
SANDISK CORP31 citations93
US7562181B2Jul 14, 2009
Flash memory systems with direct data file storage utilizing data consolidation and garbage collection
SANDISK CORP16 citations93
US7558905B2Jul 7, 2009
Reclaiming data storage capacity in flash memory systems
SANDISK CORP10 citations93
US7747837B2Jun 29, 2010
Method and system for accessing non-volatile storage devices
SANDISK CORP28 citations92
US7949845B2May 24, 2011
Indexing of file data in reprogrammable non-volatile memories that directly store data files
SANDISK CORP16 citations84
US7769978B2Aug 3, 2010
Method and system for accessing non-volatile storage devices
SANDISK CORP17 citations84
US7739444B2Jun 15, 2010
System using a direct data file system with a continuous logical address space interface
SANDISK CORP11 citations84
US7627733B2Dec 1, 2009
Method and system for dual mode access for storage devices
SANDISK CORP18 citations84
US7793068B2Sep 7, 2010
Dual mode access for non-volatile storage devices
SANDISK CORP7 citations74
US7590794B2Sep 15, 2009
Data operations in flash memories utilizing direct data file storage
SANDISK CORP7 citations74
US7581057B2Aug 25, 2009
Memory system with management of memory blocks that directly store data files
SANDISK CORP5 citations74
US7917686B2Mar 29, 2011
Host system with direct data file interface configurability
SANDISK CORP0 citations42
SINCLAIR ALAN W
13 patentsUS8473669B2Jun 25, 2013
Method and system for concurrent background and foreground operations in a non-volatile memory array
SINCLAIR ALAN W43 citations94
US8214583B2Jul 3, 2012
Direct file data programming and deletion in flash memories
SINCLAIR ALAN W54 citations94
US8429352B2Apr 23, 2013
Method and system for memory block flushing
SINCLAIR ALAN W24 citations92
US8239639B2Aug 7, 2012
Method and apparatus for providing data type and host file information to a mass storage system
SINCLAIR ALAN W22 citations92
US9396103B2Jul 19, 2016
Method and system for storage address re-mapping for a memory device
SINCLAIR ALAN W8 citations84
US9104315B2Aug 11, 2015
Systems and methods for a mass data storage system having a file-based interface to a host and a non-file-based interface to secondary storage
SINCLAIR ALAN W6 citations84
US8713283B2Apr 29, 2014
Method of interfacing a host operating through a logical address space with a direct file storage medium
SINCLAIR ALAN W9 citations84
US8335907B2Dec 18, 2012
Micro-update architecture for address tables
SINCLAIR ALAN W7 citations78
US8452940B2May 28, 2013
Optimized memory management for random and sequential data writing
SINCLAIR ALAN W4 citations63
US8209461B2Jun 26, 2012
Configuration of host LBA interface with flash memory
SINCLAIR ALAN W3 citations63
US8209516B2Jun 26, 2012
Method and system for dual mode access for storage devices
SINCLAIR ALAN W3 citations63
US8205063B2Jun 19, 2012
Dynamic mapping of logical ranges to write blocks
SINCLAIR ALAN W4 citations63
US8166267B2Apr 24, 2012
Managing a LBA interface in a direct data file memory system
SINCLAIR ALAN W4 citations63
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC
2 patentsUS8055832B2Nov 8, 2011
Management of memory blocks that directly store data files
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC29 citations96
US8046522B2Oct 25, 2011
Use of a direct data file system with a continuous logical address space interface and control of file address storage in logical blocks
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC12 citations84
LASSA PAUL A
2 patentsANAMARTIC LTD
2 patentsSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
2 patentsUS10055147B2Aug 21, 2018
Systems and methods for a mass data storage system having a file-based interface to a host and a non-file-based interface to secondary storage
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC1 citations63
US10126959B2Nov 13, 2018
Systems and methods for a mass data storage system having a file-based interface to a host and a non-file-based interface to secondary storage
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC0 citations52