Patents by Inventor Emanuele Confalonieri

Emanuele Confalonieri has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200409607
    Abstract: An example apparatus comprises a hybrid memory system to couple to a host and a controller coupled to the hybrid memory system. The controller may be configured to cause data associated with a virtual memory location of the host to be selectively transferred to the hybrid memory system responsive to a determination that a main memory of the host experiences threshold amount of resource utilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Danilo Caraccio, Emanuele Confalonieri, Marco Dallabora, Roberto Izzi, Paolo Amato, Daniele Balluchi, Luca Porzio
  • Patent number: 10809942
    Abstract: An example apparatus comprises a hybrid memory system to couple to a host and a controller coupled to the hybrid memory system. The controller may be configured to cause data associated with a virtual memory location of the host to be selectively transferred to the hybrid memory system responsive to a determination that a main memory of the host experiences threshold amount of resource utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Danilo Caraccio, Emanuele Confalonieri, Marco Dallabora, Roberto Izzi, Paolo Amato, Daniele Balluchi, Luca Porzio
  • Publication number: 20200301841
    Abstract: An example apparatus comprises a hybrid memory system and a controller coupled to the hybrid memory system. The controller may be configured to cause data to be selectively stored in the hybrid memory system responsive to a determination that an exception involving the data has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Danilo Caraccio, Emanuele Confalonieri, Marco Dallabora, Roberto Izzi, Paolo Amato, Daniele Balluchi, Luca Porzio
  • Publication number: 20200293211
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a hybrid memory system to couple to a host and a controller coupled to the hybrid memory system. The controller may be configured to assign a sensitivity to a command and cause the command to be selectively diverted to the hybrid memory system based, at least in part, on the assigned sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Danilo Caraccio, Emanuele Confalonieri, Marco Dallabora, Roberto Izzi, Paolo Amato, Daniele Balluchi, Luca Porzio
  • Patent number: 10776031
    Abstract: Various embodiments comprise apparatuses and methods including a method of reconfiguring partitions in a memory device as directed by a host. The method includes managing commands through a first interface controller to mapped portions of a first memory not having an attribute enhanced set, and mapping portions of a second memory having the attribute enhanced set through a second interface controller. Additional apparatuses and methods are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Danilo Caraccio, Emanuele Confalonieri, Federico Tiziani
  • Patent number: 10755751
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and devices that can be utilized to provide temperature-based memory operations are described. One or more apparatuses can include a memory device and a controller coupled to the memory device and configured to: determine an operating temperature of the apparatus, determine one of a plurality of designated open blocks of the memory device to write data based on the operating temperature of the apparatus and a size of the data, and write the data in the determined one of the plurality of designated blocks of the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Emanuele Confalonieri, Stefano Ratti, Gary G. Lazarowics, Stefan Frederik Schippers, Stefano Claudio Roseghini, Angelo Clemente Scardilla
  • Publication number: 20200233585
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for data relocation in hybrid memory. A number of embodiments include a memory, wherein the memory includes a first type of memory and a second type of memory, and a controller configured to identify a subset of data stored in the first type of memory to relocate to the second type of memory based, at least in part, on a frequency at which an address corresponding to the subset of data stored in the first type of memory has been accessed during program operations performed on the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Emanuele Confalonieri, Marco Dallabora, Paolo Amato, Danilo Caraccio, Daniele Balluchi
  • Patent number: 10705963
    Abstract: An example apparatus comprises a hybrid memory system and a controller coupled to the hybrid memory system. The controller may be configured to cause data to be selectively stored in the hybrid memory system responsive to a determination that an exception involving the data has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Danilo Caraccio, Emanuele Confalonieri, Marco Dallabora, Roberto Izzi, Paolo Amato, Daniele Balluchi, Luca Porzio
  • Patent number: 10705747
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a hybrid memory system to couple to a host and a controller coupled to the hybrid memory system. The controller may be configured to assign a sensitivity to a command and cause the command to be selectively diverted to the hybrid memory system based, at least in part, on the assigned sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Danilo Caraccio, Emanuele Confalonieri, Marco Dallabora, Roberto Izzi, Paolo Amato, Daniele Balluchi, Luca Porzio
  • Publication number: 20200152267
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses, and methods for data state synchronization. An example apparatus includes performing a write operation to store a data pattern in a group of resistance variable memory cells corresponding to a selected managed unit having a first status, updating a status of the selected managed unit from the first status to a second status responsive to performing the write operation, and providing data state synchronization for a subsequent write operation performed on the group by placing all of the variable resistance memory cells of the group in a same state prior to performing the subsequent write operation to store another data pattern in the group of resistance variable memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Marco Dallabora, Paolo Amato, Daniele Balluchi, Danilo Caraccio, Emanuele Confalonieri
  • Patent number: 10649665
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for data relocation in hybrid memory. A number of embodiments include a memory, wherein the memory includes a first type of memory and a second type of memory, and a controller configured to identify a subset of data stored in the first type of memory to relocate to the second type of memory based, at least in part, on a frequency at which an address corresponding to the subset of data stored in the first type of memory has been accessed during program operations performed on the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Emanuele Confalonieri, Marco Dallabora, Paolo Amato, Danilo Caraccio, Daniele Balluchi
  • Publication number: 20200104268
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes an interface for memory having a cache and multiple independent arrays. An embodiment includes a memory device having a cache and a plurality independent memory arrays, a controller, and an interface configured to communicate a plurality of commands from the controller to the memory device, wherein the interface includes a pin configured to activate upon a first one of the plurality of commands being received by the memory device and deactivate once all of the plurality of commands have been executed by the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Dionisio Minopoli, Gianfranco Ferrante, Antonino Caprí, Emanuele Confalonieri, Daniele Balluchi
  • Publication number: 20200082900
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a memory comprising a plurality of managed units corresponding to respective groups of resistance variable memory cells and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller is configured to cause performance of a cleaning operation on a selected group of the memory cells and generation of error correction code (ECC) parity data. The controller may be further configured to cause performance of a write operation on the selected group of cells to write an inverted state of at least one data value to the selected group of cells and write an inverted state of at least one of the ECC parity data to the selected group of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Paolo Amato, Marco Dallabora, Daniele Balluchi, Danilo Caraccio, Emanuele Confalonieri
  • Patent number: 10573383
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses, and methods for data state synchronization. An example apparatus includes performing a write operation to store a data pattern in a group of resistance variable memory cells corresponding to a selected managed unit having a first status, updating a status of the selected managed unit from the first status to a second status responsive to performing the write operation, and providing data state synchronization for a subsequent write operation performed on the group by placing all of the variable resistance memory cells of the group in a same state prior to performing the subsequent write operation to store another data pattern in the group of resistance variable memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Marco Dallabora, Paolo Amato, Daniele Balluchi, Danilo Caraccio, Emanuele Confalonieri
  • Patent number: 10534731
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes an interface for memory having a cache and multiple independent arrays. An embodiment includes a memory device having a cache and a plurality independent memory arrays, a controller, and an interface configured to communicate a plurality of commands from the controller to the memory device, wherein the interface includes a pin configured to activate upon a first one of the plurality of commands being received by the memory device and deactivate once all of the plurality of commands have been executed by the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dionisio Minopoli, Gianfranco Ferrante, Antonino Caprí, Emanuele Confalonieri, Daniele Balluchi
  • Publication number: 20190369878
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to memory operations on data. An example method can include executing an operation by writing a first managed unit to a second managed unit, and placing the first managed unit in a free state, wherein the first managed unit is located at a particular distance from the second managed unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Paolo Amato, Daniele Balluchi, Danilo Caraccio, Emanuele Confalonieri, Marco Dallabora
  • Patent number: 10430085
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to memory operations on data. An example method can include executing an operation by writing a first managed unit to a second managed unit, and placing the first managed unit in a free state, wherein the first managed unit is located at a particular distance from the second managed unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Paolo Amato, Daniele Balluchi, Danilo Caraccio, Emanuele Confalonieri, Marco Dallabora
  • Publication number: 20190294547
    Abstract: An example apparatus comprises a hybrid memory system and a controller coupled to the hybrid memory system. The controller may be configured to cause data to be selectively stored in the hybrid memory system responsive to a determination that an exception involving the data has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Danilo Caraccio, Emanuele Confalonieri, Marco Dallabora, Roberto Izzi, Paolo Amato, Daniele Balluchi, Luca Porzio
  • Publication number: 20190294363
    Abstract: An example apparatus comprises a hybrid memory system to couple to a host and a controller coupled to the hybrid memory system. The controller may be configured to cause data associated with a virtual memory location of the host to be selectively transferred to the hybrid memory system responsive to a determination that a main memory of the host experiences threshold amount of resource utilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Danilo Caraccio, Emanuele Confalonieri, Marco Dallabora, Roberto Izzi, Paolo Amato, Daniele Balluchi, Luca Porzio
  • Publication number: 20190294356
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a hybrid memory system to couple to a host and a controller coupled to the hybrid memory system. The controller may be configured to assign a sensitivity to a command and cause the command to be selectively diverted to the hybrid memory system based, at least in part, on the assigned sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Danilo Caraccio, Emanuele Confalonieri, Marco Dallabora, Roberto Izzi, Paolo Amato, Daniele Balluchi, Luca Porzio