Inventor
WILLIAMS STEVEN S
US38 patents
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
19 patentsUS7406547B2Jul 29, 2008
Sequential vectored buffer management
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC10 citations84
US10761590B1Sep 1, 2020
Data storage performance scaling based on external energy
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC9 citations83
US10275361B2Apr 30, 2019
Managing multiple namespaces in a non-volatile memory (NVM)
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC12 citations83
US10776263B2Sep 15, 2020
Non-deterministic window scheduling for data storage systems
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations73
US11493984B1Nov 8, 2022
Data storage performance scaling based on external energy
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations72
US10817217B2Oct 27, 2020
Data storage system with improved time-to-ready
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC4 citations72
US10552086B2Feb 4, 2020
Global pool of garbage collection units (GCUs) in a shared non-volatile memory device
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations72
US11150836B2Oct 19, 2021
Deterministic optimization via performance tracking in a data storage system
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC3 citations71
US6738924B1May 18, 2004
Full slip defect management system using track identification
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC11 citations69
US11138069B2Oct 5, 2021
Providing additional parity for non-standard sized parity data sets
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC5 citations68
US10949110B2Mar 16, 2021
Configurable mapping system in a non-volatile memory
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC1 citations62
US9507538B2Nov 29, 2016
File management system for devices containing solid-state media
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations62
US11520696B2Dec 6, 2022
Segregating map data among different die sets in a non-volatile memory
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC1 citations60
US11017098B2May 25, 2021
Collection of uncorrelated entropy during a power down sequence
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations60
US10872015B2Dec 22, 2020
Data storage system with strategic contention avoidance
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC1 citations60
US10896002B2Jan 19, 2021
Reverse directory structure in a garbage collection unit (GCU)
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations59
US10503425B2Dec 10, 2019
Dual granularity dynamic mapping with packetized storage
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations52
US10365849B2Jul 30, 2019
Dual granularity dynamic mapping with packetized storage
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations52
US10929286B2Feb 23, 2021
Arbitrated management of a shared non-volatile memory resource
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC0 citations49
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC
10 patentsUS11429504B2Aug 30, 2022
Closing block family based on soft and hard closure criteria
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC3 citations73
US11537512B2Dec 27, 2022
Asynchronous power loss recovery for memory devices
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC3 citations71
US12417158B2Sep 16, 2025
Closing block family based on soft and hard closure criteria
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC0 citations62
US12050809B2Jul 30, 2024
Multi-pass data programming in a memory sub-system having multiple dies and planes
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC0 citations62
US11269552B2Mar 8, 2022
Multi-pass data programming in a memory sub-system having multiple dies and planes
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC1 citations62
US12475040B2Nov 18, 2025
Selecting data transfer units associated with a data stream for garbage collection
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC0 citations61
US11379359B2Jul 5, 2022
Selecting data transfer units associated with a data stream for garbage collection
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC0 citations61
US11194709B2Dec 7, 2021
Asynchronous power loss recovery for memory devices
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC1 citations61
US11940892B2Mar 26, 2024
Closing block family based on soft and hard closure criteria
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC0 citations52
US11669272B2Jun 6, 2023
Predictive data transfer based on availability of media units in memory sub-systems
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC0 citations52
REXNORD CORP
2 patentsIBM
2 patentsUS9059258B2Jun 16, 2015
Controlled metal extrusion opening in semiconductor structure and method of forming
IBM0 citations51
US7843039B2Nov 30, 2010
Stress-modified device structures, methods of fabricating such stress-modified device structures, and design structures for an integrated circuit
IBM1 citations50