Patents by Inventor I-Pao Chen

I-Pao Chen 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).

  • Flash storage device, data storage system, and data writing method
    Patent number: 8380919
    Abstract: The invention provides a flash storage device. In one embodiment, the flash storage device comprises a flash memory and a controller. The flash memory comprises a plurality of storage units for data storage, wherein the total capacity of each of the storage units is equal to a storage unit capacity. When the flash storage device receives a read capacity command from a host, the controller determines the size of a logical block to be a specific multiple of the storage unit capacity, and sends information about the logical block size to the host in response to the read capacity command, wherein the specific multiple is a natural number. After the host receives the information from the flash storage device, the host retrieves the logical block size from the information, and sends only write data with an amount equal to a multiple of the logical block size to the flash storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Silicon Motion, Inc.
    Inventor: I-Pao Chen
  • FLASH STORAGE DEVICE, DATA STORAGE SYSTEM, AND DATA WRITING METHOD
    Publication number: 20110125955
    Abstract: The invention provides a flash storage device. In one embodiment, the flash storage device comprises a flash memory and a controller. The flash memory comprises a plurality of storage units for data storage, wherein the total capacity of each of the storage units is equal to a storage unit capacity. When the flash storage device receives a read capacity command from a host, the controller determines the size of a logical block to be a specific multiple of the storage unit capacity, and sends information about the logical block size to the host in response to the read capacity command, wherein the specific multiple is a natural number. After the host receives the information from the flash storage device, the host retrieves the logical block size from the information, and sends only write data with an amount equal to a multiple of the logical block size to the flash storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: SILICON MOTION, INC.
    Inventor: I-Pao Chen