Patents by Inventor Stephen Kolokowsky

Stephen Kolokowsky 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).

  • Memory controller with variable zone size
    Patent number: 7818701
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of partitioning a memory, comprising dividing the memory into a first plurality of sub-zones, allocating a plurality of spare blocks in each of the first plurality of sub-zones, resizing the first plurality of sub-zones to a second plurality of sub-zones different from the first plurality, and reallocating the plurality of spare blocks among the second plurality of sub-zones. A circuit for an improved memory controller is described also.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Kolokowsky