Inventor
WELLS STEVEN
US40 patents
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INTEL CORP
16 patentsUS5740395AApr 14, 1998
Method and apparatus for cleaning up a solid state memory disk storing floating sector data
INTEL CORP145 citations98
US5586285ADec 17, 1996
Method and circuitry for increasing reserve memory in a solid state memory disk
INTEL CORP136 citations98
US5479633ADec 26, 1995
Method of controlling clean-up of a solid state memory disk storing floating sector data
INTEL CORP132 citations98
US5475693ADec 12, 1995
Error management processes for flash EEPROM memory arrays
INTEL CORP239 citations98
US5437020AJul 25, 1995
Method and circuitry for detecting lost sectors of data in a solid state memory disk
INTEL CORP117 citations98
US5222046AJun 22, 1993
Processor controlled command port architecture for flash memory
INTEL CORP167 citations98
US5053990AOct 1, 1991
Program/erase selection for flash memory
INTEL CORP354 citations98
US5822781AOct 13, 1998
Sector-based storage device emulator having variable-sized sector
INTEL CORP186 citations97
US5822256AOct 13, 1998
Method and circuitry for usage of partially functional nonvolatile memory
INTEL CORP203 citations96
US5471604ANov 28, 1995
Method for locating sector data in a memory disk by examining a plurality of headers near an initial pointer
INTEL CORP58 citations96
US5535369AJul 9, 1996
Method for allocating memory in a solid state memory disk
INTEL CORP137 citations93
US5490264AFeb 6, 1996
Generally-diagonal mapping of address space for row/column organizer memories
INTEL CORP35 citations92
US5452311ASep 19, 1995
Method and apparatus to improve read reliability in semiconductor memories
INTEL CORP40 citations92
US5311462AMay 10, 1994
Physical placement of content addressable memories
INTEL CORP27 citations92
US5978808ANov 2, 1999
Virtual small block file manager for flash memory array
INTEL CORP41 citations91
US5566194AOct 15, 1996
Method and apparatus to improve read reliability in semiconductor memories
INTEL CORP7 citations73
KIOXIA CORP
11 patentsUS11294594B2Apr 5, 2022
SSD architecture supporting low latency operation
KIOXIA CORP5 citations70
US11966605B2Apr 23, 2024
Superblock-based write management in non-volatile memory devices
KIOXIA CORP2 citations69
US12124719B2Oct 22, 2024
Superblock size management in non-volatile memory devices
KIOXIA CORP1 citations62
US11914898B2Feb 27, 2024
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for thin provisioning in non-volatile memory storage devices
KIOXIA CORP0 citations62
US11803222B2Oct 31, 2023
Systems and methods for managing reduced power failure energy requirements on a solid state drive
KIOXIA CORP0 citations62
US11482294B2Oct 25, 2022
Media error reporting improvements for storage drives
KIOXIA CORP0 citations62
US12112070B2Oct 8, 2024
Page buffer enhancements
KIOXIA CORP0 citations60
US12032438B2Jul 9, 2024
SSD architecture supporting low latency operation
KIOXIA CORP0 citations60
US11704061B2Jul 18, 2023
Page buffer enhancements
KIOXIA CORP1 citations60
US11662942B2May 30, 2023
Explicit buffer control
KIOXIA CORP0 citations60
US12353741B2Jul 8, 2025
Superblock-based write management in non-volatile memory devices
KIOXIA CORP0 citations59
TOSHIBA MEMORY CORP
4 patentsUS10607712B1Mar 31, 2020
Media error reporting improvements for storage drives
TOSHIBA MEMORY CORP3 citations73
US11048312B2Jun 29, 2021
Systems and methods for managing reduced power failure energy requirements on a solid state drive
TOSHIBA MEMORY CORP1 citations62
US11049581B2Jun 29, 2021
Media error reporting improvements for storage drives
TOSHIBA MEMORY CORP0 citations62
US10628081B2Apr 21, 2020
Managing internal command queues in solid state storage drives
TOSHIBA MEMORY CORP0 citations52
GEORG FISCHER SIGNET LLC
3 patentsUS7909972B2Mar 22, 2011
Electrochemical sensor and method of manufacture
GEORG FISCHER SIGNET LLC0 citations50
US7867371B2Jan 11, 2011
Electrochemical sensor and method of manufacture
GEORG FISCHER SIGNET LLC1 citations50
US7799193B2Sep 21, 2010
Electrochemical sensor and method of manufacture
GEORG FISCHER SIGNET LLC0 citations50