Patents by Inventor Michael John Koster

Michael John Koster 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).

  • Sharing data fabric for coherent-distributed caching of multi-node shared-distributed flash memory
    Patent number: 8732386
    Abstract: A Sharing Data Fabric (SDF) causes flash memory attached to multiple compute nodes to appear to be a single large memory space that is global yet shared by many applications running on the many compute nodes. Flash objects stored in flash memory of a home node are copied to an object cache in DRAM at an action node by SDF threads executing on the nodes. The home node has a flash object map locating flash objects in the home node's flash memory, and a global cache directory that locates copies of the object in other sharing nodes. Application programs use an applications-programming interface (API) into the SDF to transparently get and put objects without regard to the object's location on any of the many compute nodes. SDF threads and tables control coherency of objects in flash and DRAM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Sandisk Enterprise IP LLC.
    Inventors: Brian Walter O'Krafka, Michael John Koster, Darpan Dinker, Earl T. Cohen, Thomas M. McWilliams
  • Sharing Data Fabric for Coherent-Distributed Caching of Multi-Node Shared-Distributed Flash Memory
    Publication number: 20090240869
    Abstract: A Sharing Data Fabric (SDF) causes flash memory attached to multiple compute nodes to appear to be a single large memory space that is global yet shared by many applications running on the many compute nodes. Flash objects stored in flash memory of a home node are copied to an object cache in DRAM at an action node by SDF threads executing on the nodes. The home node has a flash object map locating flash objects in the home node's flash memory, and a global cache directory that locates copies of the object in other sharing nodes. Application programs use an applications-programming interface (API) into the SDF to transparently get and put objects without regard to the object's location on any of the many compute nodes. SDF threads and tables control coherency of objects in flash and DRAM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: SCHOONER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Walter O'Krafka, Michael John Koster, Darpan Dinker, Earl T. Cohen, Thomas M. McWilliams