Patents by Inventor Ku Ik KWON

Ku Ik KWON 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: 20240143187
    Abstract: A storage device, a controller, and a method for performing global wear-leveling may count write counts of a plurality of respective cores in each of a plurality of logical areas each including logical block address groups of the plurality of cores, determine, on the basis of degradation counts of the plurality of cores, a first core and a second core for which data swap is to be performed, determine a target logical area among the plurality of logical areas on the basis of a write count of the first core and a write count of the second core, and perform data swap between a first logical block address group of the first core included in the target logical area and a second logical block address group of the second core included in the target logical area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Byoung Min JIN, Ku Ik KWON, Gyu Yeul HONG
  • Publication number: 20230244607
    Abstract: Provided herein is a memory controller for controlling a memory device. The memory controller includes a workload detector configured to determine a change in workload based on reception of a changed request from a host or a change in clock received from an external device, a device performance controller configured to determine, if the workload is determined as changed, read performance based on a ratio of a size of data output to the host to a size of data requested from the host every preset period and configured to output a read-look-ahead (RLA) command to the memory device based on the determined read performance, a buffer memory configured to store data read from the memory device in response to the RLA command and a memory size controller configured to control a size of the buffer memory. The RLA command instructs to output data which is frequently requested from the host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Na Young LEE, Ku Ik KWON, Kyeong Seok KIM, Byong Woo RYU
  • Patent number: 11650924
    Abstract: Provided herein is a memory controller for controlling a memory device. The memory controller includes a workload detector configured to determine a change in workload based on reception of a changed request from a host or a change in clock received from an external device, a device performance controller configured to determine, if the workload is determined as changed, read performance based on a ratio of a size of data output to the host to a size of data requested from the host every preset period and configured to output a read-look-ahead (RLA) command to the memory device based on the determined read performance, a buffer memory configured to store data read from the memory device in response to the RLA command and a memory size controller configured to control a size of the buffer memory. The RLA command instructs to output data which is frequently requested from the host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Na Young Lee, Ku Ik Kwon, Kyeong Seok Kim, Byong Woo Ryu
  • Patent number: 11640263
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a memory system and an operating method thereof. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the memory system may include a plurality of cores, a control core, and a shared memory. When processing the event, the control core may select a first core executing a target job requiring distributed execution among the plurality of cores, and the first core may run a first firmware among the plurality of firmwares to execute the target job. The control core may select a second core to execute the target job together with the first core, and may control the second core to run the first firmware. The control core may control the first core and the second core to perform distributed execution of the target job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Su Ik Park, Ku Ik Kwon, Kyeong Seok Kim, Yong Joon Joo
  • Patent number: 11586239
    Abstract: Electronic devices are disclosed. In some implementations, an electronic device includes a device interface to provide an interface to a host and detect link information associated with a bandwidth provided by the device interface in communicating with the host, a processor coupled to the device interface to be in communication with the host, and structured to be operable to control operations of the electronic device in response to a request received from the host through the device interface, and a clock generator coupled to provide the device interface and the processor with clock signals to be used to operate the device interface and the processor. The processor is configured to adjust frequencies of the clock signals based on the link information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Ku Ik Kwon, Kyeong Seok Kim, Su Ik Park, Yong Joon Joo
  • Patent number: 11550375
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a storage system and an operating method thereof. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the storage system may include N (N is a natural number) temperature sensors and M (M is a natural number of 2 or more) modules, and may determine a thermal throttling level for each of the M modules based on N temperature information pieces collected from the N temperature sensors and N weights corresponding to the N temperature sensors, wherein the N weights are different for each of the M modules, and the storage system may perform the thermal throttling for the M modules based on the thermal throttling levels for the M modules respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Joon Joo, Ku Ik Kwon, Kyeong Seok Kim, Byong Woo Ryu
  • Publication number: 20220398039
    Abstract: Disclosed are a controller and an operating method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a controller that controls a memory device, comprises: a host interface for determining a remaining resource index and outputting a task scheduling instruction when a data throughput determined based on data inputted/outputted between a host and the controller is lower than a maximum throughput required under a current workload pattern; and a processor for: selecting, in response to the task scheduling instruction, at least one of a plurality of internal tasks based on the remaining resource index and resource consumption indexes of the respective internal tasks, and performing the selected internal task while performing an input/output task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Ku Ik KWON, Byong Woo RYU, Su Ik PARK, Jin Won JANG, Yong Joon JOO
  • Patent number: 11460906
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a plurality of cores, and a clock generator configured to provide a plurality of clock signals to the plurality of cores, respectively, wherein the plurality of cores includes a system core that controls the clock generator to generate the clock signals having frequencies of the respective cores, wherein the frequencies are optimized and determined based on a type of an event of the electronic device, and wherein to clock signals with optimized frequencies are applied to the respective cores in order to perform the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Ku Ik Kwon, Kyeong Seok Kim, Su Ik Park, Yong Joon Joo
  • Publication number: 20220269610
    Abstract: Provided herein is a memory controller for controlling a memory device. The memory controller includes a workload detector configured to determine a change in workload based on reception of a changed request from a host or a change in clock received from an external device, a device performance controller configured to determine, if the workload is determined as changed, read performance based on a ratio of a size of data output to the host to a size of data requested from the host every preset period and configured to output a read-look-ahead (RLA) command to the memory device based on the determined read performance, a buffer memory configured to store data read from the memory device in response to the RLA command and a memory size controller configured to control a size of the buffer memory. The RLA command instructs to output data which is frequently requested from the host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Na Young LEE, Ku Ik KWON, Kyeong Seok KIM, Byong Woo RYU
  • Publication number: 20220164012
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a storage system and an operating method thereof. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the storage system may include N (N is a natural number) temperature sensors and M (M is a natural number of 2 or more) modules, and may determine a thermal throttling level for each of the M modules based on N temperature information pieces collected from the N temperature sensors and N weights corresponding to the N temperature sensors, wherein the N weights are different for each of the M modules, and the storage system may perform the thermal throttling for the M modules based on the thermal throttling levels for the M modules respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Yong Joon JOO, Ku Ik KWON, Kyeong Seok KIM, Byong Woo RYU
  • Publication number: 20220107759
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a memory system and an operating method thereof. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the memory system may include a plurality of cores, a control core and a shared memory, and the control core may, when processing the event, select a first core executing a target job requiring distributed execution among the plurality of cores—the first core runs a first firmware among the plurality of firmwares to execute the target job—may select a second core executing the target job together with the first core, may control the second core to run the first firmware, and may control the first core and the second core to perform distributed execution of the target job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Su Ik PARK, Ku Ik KWON, Kyeong Seok KIM, Yong Joon JOO
  • Publication number: 20220083115
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a plurality of cores, and a clock generator configured to provide a plurality of clock signals to the plurality of cores, respectively, wherein the plurality of cores includes a system core that controls the clock generator to generate the clock signals having frequencies of the respective cores, wherein the frequencies are optimized and determined based on a type of an event of the electronic device, and wherein to clock signals with optimized frequencies are applied to the respective cores in order to perform the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ku Ik KWON, Kyeong Seok KIM, Su Ik PARK, Yong Joon JOO
  • Publication number: 20220057827
    Abstract: Electronic devices are disclosed. In some implementations, an electronic device includes a device interface to provide an interface to a host and detect link information associated with a bandwidth provided by the device interface in communicating with the host, a processor coupled to the device interface to be in communication with the host, and structured to be operable to control operations of the electronic device in response to a request received from the host through the device interface, and a clock generator coupled to provide the device interface and the processor with clock signals to be used to operate the device interface and the processor. The processor is configured to adjust frequencies of the clock signals based on the link information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ku Ik KWON, Kyeong Seok KIM, Su Ik PARK, Yong Joon JOO