Patents by Inventor Mark Sompel

Mark Sompel 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).

  • Adaptive mode switching of flash memory address mapping based on host usage characteristics
    Patent number: 8301826
    Abstract: In a non-volatile memory storage system such as a flash EEPROM system, a controller switches the manner in which data sectors are mapped into blocks and metablocks of the memory in response to host programming and controller data consolidation patterns, in order to improve performance and reduce wear. Data are programmed into the memory with different degrees of parallelism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos J. Gonzalez, Mark Sompel, Kevin M. Conley
  • Adaptive Mode Switching of Flash Memory Address Mapping Based on Host Usage Characteristics
    Publication number: 20100049908
    Abstract: In a non-volatile memory storage system such as a flash EEPROM system, a controller switches the manner in which data sectors are mapped into blocks and metablocks of the memory in response to host programming and controller data consolidation patterns, in order to improve performance and reduce wear. Data are programmed into the memory with different degrees of parallelism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Carlos J. Gonzalez, Mark Sompel, Kevin M. Conley
  • Adaptive mode switching of flash memory address mapping based on host usage characteristics
    Patent number: 7631138
    Abstract: In a non-volatile memory storage system such as a flash EEPROM system, a controller switches the manner in which data sectors are mapped into blocks and metablocks of the memory in response to host programming and controller data consolidation patterns, in order to improve performance and reduce wear. Data are programmed into the memory with different degrees of parallelism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Sandisk Corporation
    Inventors: Carlos J. Gonzalez, Mark Sompel, Kevin M. Conley
  • Adaptive mode switching of flash memory address mapping based on host usage characteristics
    Publication number: 20050144361
    Abstract: In a non-volatile memory storage system such as a flash EEPROM system, a controller switches the manner in which data sectors are mapped into blocks and metablocks of the memory in response to host programming and controller data consolidation patterns, in order to improve performance and reduce wear. Data are programmed into the memory with different degrees of parallelism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Carlos Gonzalez, Mark Sompel, Kevin Conley