Patents by Inventor MARCUS ALLAN CARLSON

MARCUS ALLAN CARLSON 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).

  • Read operation prior to retrieval of scatter gather list
    Patent number: 9110786
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a non-volatile memory and a controller coupled to the non-volatile memory. The controller is configured to receive a read command from a host device. The read command includes a starting logical block address (LBA) of the non-volatile memory, a number of logical blocks to be read (NLB), and a pointer to a scatter gather list (SGL). The controller is also configured to instruct the non-volatile memory to read a plurality of logical blocks from the non-volatile memory based on the starting LBA and the NLB. The controller is further configured to, after instructing the non-volatile memory to read the plurality of logical blocks, retrieve the SGL based on the pointer. The controller is configured to transfer a subset of the plurality of logical blocks identified by the SGL to the host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Marcus Allan Carlson, Shay Benisty
  • READ OPERATION PRIOR TO RETRIEVAL OF SCATTER GATHER LIST
    Publication number: 20150127882
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a non-volatile memory and a controller coupled to the non-volatile memory. The controller is configured to receive a read command from a host device. The read command includes a starting logical block address (LBA) of the non-volatile memory, a number of logical blocks to be read (NLB), and a pointer to a scatter gather list (SGL). The controller is also configured to instruct the non-volatile memory to read a plurality of logical blocks from the non-volatile memory based on the starting LBA and the NLB. The controller is further configured to, after instructing the non-volatile memory to read the plurality of logical blocks, retrieve the SGL based on the pointer. The controller is configured to transfer a subset of the plurality of logical blocks identified by the SGL to the host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: MARCUS ALLAN CARLSON, SHAY BENISTY