Patents by Inventor Michael S. Banks

Michael S. Banks 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).

  • SOLID STATE MEMORY DEVICE POWER OPTIMIZATION
    Publication number: 20110047316
    Abstract: Memory device power optimization includes operating a memory device, wherein the memory device includes a plurality of data channels and each of the plurality of data channels includes a plurality of data storage units. A controller receives a command to enable a power saving feature and determines a frequency of accessing of data stored in the data storage units, sorts the data into the data channels according to the frequency of the accessing of the data and powers down the data channels that are storing data with a frequency of accessing the data that is below a pre-determined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Munif M. Farhan, Michael S. Banks