Patents by Inventor Hideki Yoshida

Hideki Yoshida 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: 20250147691
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller. The controller acquires, from a host, write data having the same first size as a data write unit of the nonvolatile memory and obtained by dividing write data associated with one write command having a first identifier indicating a first write destination block in a plurality of write destination blocks into a plurality of write data or combining write data associated with two or more write commands having the first identifier. The controller writes the acquired write data having the first size to the first write destination block by a first write operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi KANNO, Hideki YOSHIDA, Naoki ESAKA, Hiroshi NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20250068354
    Abstract: A controller manages a plurality of block groups each including one or more blocks among a plurality of blocks provided in a non-volatile memory. The controller assigns one of the plurality of block groups to each of plurality of zones. The controller writes write data which is to be written to a first zone to a shared write buffer and writes write data which is to be written to a second zone to the shared write buffer. When a total size of the write data in the first zone stored in the shared write buffer reaches a capacity of the first zone, the controller copies the write data in the first zone stored in the shared write buffer to the first block group assigned to the first zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki YOSHIDA, Shinichi KANNO, Naoki ESAKA
  • Patent number: 12229441
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller. The controller acquires, from a host, write data having the same first size as a data write unit of the nonvolatile memory and obtained by dividing write data associated with one write command having a first identifier indicating a first write destination block in a plurality of write destination blocks into a plurality of write data or combining write data associated with two or more write commands having the first identifier. The controller writes the acquired write data having the first size to the first write destination block by a first write operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Kanno, Hideki Yoshida, Naoki Esaka, Hiroshi Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20250045202
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system determine both of a first block to which data from a host is to be written and a first location of the first block, when receiving a write request to designate a first logical address from the host. The memory system writes the data from the host to the first location of the first block. The memory system notifies the host of the first logical address, a first block number designating the first block, and a first in-block offset indicating an offset from a leading part of the first block to the first location by a multiple of grain having a size different from a page size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi KANNO, Hideki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20250036283
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, when receiving a write request to designate a first block number and a first logical address from a host, a memory system determines a first location in a first block having the first block number, to which data from the host is to be written, and writes the data from the host to the first location of the first block. The memory system updates a first address translation table managing mapping between logical addresses and in-block physical addresses of the first block, and maps a first in-block physical address indicative of the first location to the first logical address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki YOSHIDA, Shinichi KANNO
  • Publication number: 20250021224
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller which controls the nonvolatile memory. The controller notifies to an outside an extensive signal which indicates a predetermined state of the nonvolatile memory or the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi KANNO, Hiroshi NISHIMURA, Hideki YOSHIDA, Hiroshi MURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20250013385
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system receives from a host a first write request including a first block identifier designating a first write destination block to which first write data is to be written. The memory system acquires the first write data from a write buffer temporarily holding write data corresponding to each of the write requests, and writes the first write data to a write destination page in the first write destination block. The memory system releases a region in the write buffer, storing data which is made readable from the first write destination block by writing the first write data to the write destination page. The data made readable is a data of a page in the first write destination block preceding the write destination page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi KANNO, Hideki YOSHIDA, Naoki ESAKA
  • Patent number: 12175121
    Abstract: A controller manages a plurality of block groups each including one or more blocks among a plurality of blocks provided in a non-volatile memory. The controller assigns one of the plurality of block groups to each of plurality of zones. The controller writes write data which is to be written to a first zone to a shared write buffer and writes write data which is to be written to a second zone to the shared write buffer. When a total size of the write data in the first zone stored in the shared write buffer reaches a capacity of the first zone, the controller copies the write data in the first zone stored in the shared write buffer to the first block group assigned to the first zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Yoshida, Shinichi Kanno, Naoki Esaka
  • Patent number: 12153516
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system determine both of a first block to which data from a host is to be written and a first location of the first block, when receiving a write request to designate a first logical address from the host. The memory system writes the data from the host to the first location of the first block. The memory system notifies the host of the first logical address, a first block number designating the first block, and a first in-block offset indicating an offset from a leading part of the first block to the first location by a multiple of grain having a size different from a page size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kanno, Hideki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12147673
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, when receiving a write request to designate a first block number and a first logical address from a host, a memory system determines a first location in a first block having the first block number, to which data from the host is to be written, and writes the data from the host to the first location of the first block. The memory system updates a first address translation table managing mapping between logical addresses and in-block physical addresses of the first block, and maps a first in-block physical address indicative of the first location to the first logical address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Yoshida, Shinichi Kanno
  • Publication number: 20240362162
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory including plural blocks each including plural pages, and a controller. When receiving a write request designating a first logical address and a first block number from the host, the controller determines a first location in a first block having the first block number to which data from the host should be written, and writes the data from the host to the first location in the first block. The controller notifies the host of either an in-block physical address indicative of the first location, or a group of the first logical address, the first block number and the first in-block physical address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki YOSHIDA, Shinichi KANNO
  • Patent number: 12131024
    Abstract: A memory system including: a nonvolatile memory; first and second decoders configured to execute first and second error correction for correcting data read from the nonvolatile memory; and a controller configured to receive a first command issued by a host device, the first command being a command that requests neither reading nor writing data from or to the nonvolatile memory and that includes information indicative of acceptable latency of error correction, in response to receiving the first command, select one of the first decoder and the second decoder based on the received first command, and after receiving the first command, output data read from the nonvolatile memory through the selected one of the first decoder and the second decoder to the host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Kanno, Hiroshi Nishimura, Hideki Yoshida, Hiroshi Murayama
  • Patent number: 12124735
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system receives from a host a first write request including a first block identifier designating a first write destination block to which first write data is to be written. The memory system acquires the first write data from a write buffer temporarily holding write data corresponding to each of the write requests, and writes the first write data to a write destination page in the first write destination block. The memory system releases a region in the write buffer, storing data which is made readable from the first write destination block by writing the first write data to the write destination page. The data made readable is a data of a page in the first write destination block preceding the write destination page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Kanno, Hideki Yoshida, Naoki Esaka
  • Publication number: 20240304788
    Abstract: Provided is a carbon material having a large specific surface area and good filling properties. The carbon material has a circularity of more than 0.83 and a specific surface area of not less than 400 m2/g. The carbon material is produced by a production method includes: providing a suspension containing first carbon particles having a specific surface area of not less than 50 m2/g, a water-soluble binder, and water; obtaining granular bodies from the suspension; and subjecting the granular bodies to heat treatment to obtain second carbon particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi SUGIMOTO, Hideki YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 12067298
    Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory including memory dies, and a controller. The controller is configured to create a first virtual storage with a first part of the memory dies and a second virtual storage with a second part of the memory dies, and create a redundant logical domain spanning one or more memory dies corresponding to the first virtual storage and one or more memory dies corresponding to the second virtual storage. The memory controller is configured to, in response to a write command, store write data corresponding to the write command in a first region of the first virtual storage and in a second region of the second virtual storage, and return to the host a response including a first physical address of the first region and a second physical address of the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Yoshida, Shinichi Kanno
  • Patent number: 12066931
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory including plural blocks each including plural pages, and a controller. When receiving a write request designating a first logical address and a first block number from the host, the controller determines a first location in a first block having the first block number to which data from the host should be written, and writes the data from the host to the first location in the first block. The controller notifies the host of either an in-block physical address indicative of the first location, or a group of the first logical address, the first block number and the first in-block physical address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Yoshida, Shinichi Kanno
  • Publication number: 20240270932
    Abstract: A method of producing a modified fibrous wollastonite is provided. The method includes hydrothermally treating a fibrous wollastonite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki YOSHIDA, Hirofumi OOGURI, Yuji AKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240256184
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system receives, from a host, a write request including a first identifier associated with one write destination block and storage location information indicating a location in a write buffer on a memory of the host in which first data to be written is stored. When the first data is to be written to a nonvolatile memory, the memory system obtains the first data from the write buffer by transmitting a transfer request including the storage location information to the host, transfers the first data to the nonvolatile memory, and writes the first data to the one write destination block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Shinichi KANNO, Hideki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20240202135
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, when a read request received from a host includes a first identifier indicative of a first region, a memory system obtains a logical address from the received read request, obtains a physical address corresponding to the obtained logical address from a logical-to-physical address translation table which manages mapping between logical addresses and physical addresses of the first region, and reads data from the first region, based on the obtained physical address. When the received read request includes a second identifier indicative of a second region, the memory system obtains physical address information from the read request, and reads data from the second region, based on the obtained physical address information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Hideki Yoshida, Shinichi Kanno
  • Patent number: 11993696
    Abstract: A method of producing a modified fibrous wollastonite is provided. The method includes hydrothermally treating a fibrous wollastonite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Yoshida, Hirofumi Ooguri, Yuji Akazawa