Patents by Inventor Maurizio Di Zenzo

Maurizio Di Zenzo 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).

  • Patent number: 9170635
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for a memory management system within an electronic device are disclosed, such as those wherein the memory management system is external to and compatible with architectures of currently existing operating systems. One such memory management system may include a power savings manager configured to be invoked by a memory allocation manager. The power savings manager may also be configured to determine whether physical memory blocks should be active or inactive. Furthermore, the memory management system may include a driver configured to activate or deactivate a memory block in response to a system call from the power savings manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Maurizio Di Zenzo
  • Publication number: 20150006844
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for a memory management system within an electronic device are disclosed, such as those wherein the memory management system is external to and compatible with architectures of currently existing operating systems. One such memory management system may include a power savings manager configured to be invoked by a memory allocation manager. The power savings manager may also be configured to determine whether physical memory blocks should be active or inactive. Furthermore, the memory management system may include a driver configured to activate or deactivate a memory block in response to a system call from the power savings manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: Maurizio Di Zenzo
  • Patent number: 8838930
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for a memory management system within an electronic device are disclosed, such as those wherein the memory management system is external to and compatible with architectures of currently existing operating systems. One such memory management system may include a power savings manager configured to be invoked by a memory allocation manager. The power savings manager may also be configured to determine whether physical memory blocks should be active or inactive. Furthermore, the memory management system may include a driver configured to activate or deactivate a memory block in response to a system call from the power savings manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Maurizio Di Zenzo
  • Publication number: 20120079219
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for a memory management system within an electronic device are disclosed, such as those wherein the memory management system is external to and compatible with the architecture of currently existing operating systems. One such memory management system may include a power savings manager configured to be invoked by a memory allocation manager. The power savings manager may also be configured to determine whether physical memory blocks should be active or inactive. Furthermore, the memory management system may include a driver configured to activate or deactivate a memory block in response to a system call from the power savings manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Maurizio Di Zenzo
  • Patent number: 8082387
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for a memory management system within an electronic device are disclosed, such as those wherein the memory management system is external to and compatible with the architecture of currently existing operating systems. One such memory management system may include a power savings manager configured to be invoked by a memory allocation manager. The power savings manager may also be configured to determine whether physical memory blocks should be active or inactive. Furthermore, the memory management system may include a driver configured to activate or deactivate a memory block in response to a system call from the power savings manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Maurizio Di Zenzo
  • Patent number: 7949844
    Abstract: A memory device for multichannel continuous or fixed burst mode operation includes multiple burst address counter circuits and associated control logic to minimize latency which would otherwise occur in multichannel operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Giuliano Gennaro Imondi, Maurizio Di Zenzo, Mario Antonio Fazio
  • Publication number: 20090113162
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for a memory management system within an electronic device are disclosed, such as those wherein the memory management system is external to and compatible with the architecture of currently existing operating systems. One such memory management system may include a power savings manager configured to be invoked by a memory allocation manager. The power savings manager may also be configured to determine whether physical memory blocks should be active or inactive. Furthermore, the memory management system may include a driver configured to activate of deactivate a memory block in response to a system call from the power savings manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Maurizio Di-Zenzo
  • Publication number: 20080195795
    Abstract: A memory device for multichannel continuous or fixed burst mode operation includes multiple burst address counter circuits and associated control logic to minimize latency which would otherwise occur in multichannel operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Giuliano Gennaro Imondi, Maurizio Di Zenzo, Mario Antonio Fazio
  • Patent number: 7363452
    Abstract: A memory device for multichannel continuous or fixed burst mode operation includes multiple burst address counter circuits and associated control logic to minimize latency which would otherwise occur in multichannel operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Giuliano Gennaro Imondi, Maurizio Di Zenzo, Mario Antonio Fazio
  • Patent number: 7117402
    Abstract: A flash memory erase check circuit is disclosed. One embodiment includes an on-chip circuit that quickly and reliably checks that the flash memory chip is actually erased even after data gain that has resulted, for example, from a long period of storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Maurizio Di Zenzo, Maria Luisa Gallese, Giuliano Gennaro Imondi, Giovanni Naso
  • Patent number: 7020737
    Abstract: A memory device for multichannel continuous or fixed burst mode operation includes multiple burst address counter circuits and associated control logic to minimize latency which would otherwise occur in multichannel operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Giuliano Gennaro Imondi, Maurizio Di Zenzo, Mario Antonio Fazio
  • Publication number: 20030214854
    Abstract: A memory device for multichannel continuous or fixed burst mode operation includes multiple burst address counter circuits and associated control logic to minimize latency which would otherwise occur in multichannel operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Giuliano Gennaro Imondi, Maurizio Di Zenzo, Mario Antonio Fazio
  • Publication number: 20030101390
    Abstract: A flash memory erase check circuit is disclosed. One embodiment includes an on-chip circuit that quickly and reliably checks that the flash memory chip is actually erased even after data gain that has resulted, for example, from a long period of storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Maurizio Di Zenzo, Maria Luisa Gallese, Giuliano Gennaro Imondi, Giovanni Naso
  • Patent number: 6130442
    Abstract: An integrated circuit chip which has a volatile memory also has a non-volatile memory for storing the parameter of a volatile memory which was measured while the chip was part of a completed wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Maurizio Di Zenzo, Giuseppe Savarese
  • Patent number: 5798962
    Abstract: A memory module, such as a Single In Line Memory Module (SIMM), is provided which utilizes defective, substandard and/or unconventional memory devices to provide functionality that is equivalent to a memory module constructed with fully operational standard memory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Maurizio Di Zenzo, Romano Casalini
  • Patent number: 5745673
    Abstract: A solid state disc (SSD) Memory comprising the following functional blocks: a memory block (DATA ARRAY) wherein check data bytes are written; a transcoder memory block (SCRAMBLE RAM) which contains the table enabling the reallocation of the data matrix addresses, wherein redundant rows are included; a block (SCRAM DEC) for decoding the addresses of the decoder table; a logic block (FUSE LOGIC) to enable a step to be executed to locate any non-useable row and to substitute said redundant rows therefor; an error correction code (ECC) block for implementing the error correction algorithm; an input buffer block (LOGICAL ROW ADDRESS BUFFER) for storing the row addresses coming from the external bus; a non-volatile memory block, programmed during the test stage and available to a possible processor for handling the contents of the transcoder memory (SCRAMBLE RAM); a word counter block (WORD COUNTER) that is driven from the external clock signal (clock) and counts the number of the addressed words and generates the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Maurizio Di Zenzo, Rodolfo Grimani
  • Patent number: 5541938
    Abstract: System for enabling the use of semiconductor dynamic memories having faulty locations therein where the memory is organized in banks for forming an elementary information word. The system identifies all homologous address locations which are not faulty, and the non-faulty locations are then stored as a map in a non-volatile read-only-memory related to the memory bank so as to form a transcoding table. Access to the memory blocks involves the use of a central processing unit requesting access to a block identified by a sequential address. The system then provides for associating the material address of a block of the memory array to the logical address, this association or transcoding operation being carried out by the non-volatile read-only-memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Maurizio Di Zenzo, Pasquale Pistilli, Adelio Salsano