Abstract: Methods of operating non-volatile memory devices including dividing the non-volatile memory device into a plurality of sequentially addressed clusters, wherein each cluster contains a plurality of sequentially addressed logical blocks, and where at least one cluster of the plurality of sequentially addressed clusters addresses a different number of sequentially addressed logical blocks than another one of the clusters of the plurality of sequentially addressed clusters.

Abstract: An improved non-volatile memory and logical block to physical block address translation method utilizing a cluster based addressing scheme is detailed. The translation of logical blocks/sectors to the physical blocks/sectors is necessary for a non-volatile memory to appear as a freely rewriteable device to a system or processor. Embodiments of the present invention utilize cluster based address translation to translate logical block addresses to physical block addresses, wherein each cluster contains a plurality of sequentially addressed logical blocks. This allows the use of a smaller RAM table for the address translation lookup and/or faster scanning of the memory device or memory subsystem for the matching cluster address. In one embodiment, a specially formatted cluster is utilized for frequently updated sectors/logical blocks, where the cluster stores a single logical block and a new sequential physical block of the cluster is written in turn with each update.

Abstract: An improved non-volatile memory and logical block to physical block address translation method utilizing a cluster based addressing scheme is detailed. The translation of logical blocks/sectors to the physical blocks/sectors is necessary for a non-volatile memory to appear as a freely rewriteable device to a system or processor. Embodiments of the present invention utilize cluster based address translation to translate logical block addresses to physical block addresses, wherein each cluster contains a plurality of sequentially addressed logical blocks. This allows the use of a smaller RAM table for the address translation lookup and/or faster scanning of the memory device or memory subsystem for the matching cluster address. In one embodiment, a specially formatted cluster is utilized for frequently updated sectors/logical blocks, where the cluster stores a single logical block and a new sequential physical block of the cluster is written in turn with each update.

Abstract: An improved non-volatile memory and logical block to physical block address translation method utilizing a cluster based addressing scheme is detailed. The translation of logical blocks/sectors to the physical blocks/sectors is necessary for a non-volatile memory to appear as a freely rewriteable device to a system or processor. Embodiments of the present invention utilize cluster based address translation to translate logical block addresses to physical block addresses, wherein each cluster contains a plurality of sequentially addressed logical blocks. This allows the use of a smaller RAM table for the address translation lookup and/or faster scanning of the memory device or memory subsystem for the matching cluster address. In one embodiment, a specially formatted cluster is utilized for frequently updated sectors/logical blocks, where the cluster stores a single logical block and a new sequential physical block of the cluster is written in turn with each update.

Abstract: A method of producing laminated plastic tooling suitable for use in forming sheet material by techniques such as stretch forming, hydroforming, etc. The detailed overall method comprises the steps of designing the desired tool configuration (typically by computer-aided design), machining a suitable tool baseplate, cutting plastic boardstock into suitably sized boards, trial stacking the boards to the general tool configuration, determine that stack has the correct dimensions, unstacking and cleaning the board surfaces, restacking with an adhesive between all abutting boards with clamping as necessary, curing the adhesive, machining the stack to the required configuration under numerical control, sand the shaped tool to the desired surface smoothness, check the tool with a coordinate measuring machine and coat the tool with any desired surface coating, such as an anti-chafe coating. The resulting tool is highly accurate and is capable of long-term production use.