Patents by Inventor Michael Scott Allison
Michael Scott Allison 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).
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Publication number: 20260119393Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic apparatus may include one or more substrates, and logic coupled to the one or more substrates, the logic to control access to two or more persistent storage devices, wherein at least one of the two or more persistent storage devices is to be logically organized with a namespace divided into two or more zones, determine two or more different zone size dependent parameters associated with the two or more persistent storage devices, determine a smallest aligned boundary based on each of the two or more different zone size dependent parameters, and set a zone group size for access to the two or more persistent storage devices based on the determined smallest aligned boundary. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2025Publication date: April 30, 2026Inventors: Shirish Bahirat, Michael Scott Allison, Mary Allison Goodman
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Patent number: 12517822Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic apparatus may include one or more substrates, and logic coupled to the one or more substrates, the logic to control access to two or more persistent storage devices, wherein at least one of the two or more persistent storage devices is to be logically organized with a namespace divided into two or more zones, determine two or more different zone size dependent parameters associated with the two or more persistent storage devices, determine a smallest aligned boundary based on each of the two or more different zone size dependent parameters, and set a zone group size for access to the two or more persistent storage devices based on the determined smallest aligned boundary. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2024Date of Patent: January 6, 2026Assignee: SK hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp.Inventors: Shirish Bahirat, Michael Scott Allison, Mary Allison Goodman
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Publication number: 20250085857Abstract: A system is disclosed. The system may include a storage device and a processor. The processor may send a write request to the storage device. The write request may include a data to be written and a reclaim unit identifier identifying how the data is to be organized on the storage device. The processor may also send a message to the storage device regarding management of garbage collection of a reclaim unit identified by the reclaim unit identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Javier GONZALEZ, Arun GEORGE, Michael Scott ALLISON, Daniel Lee HELMICK
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Publication number: 20240411687Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic apparatus may include one or more substrates, and logic coupled to the one or more substrates, the logic to control access to two or more persistent storage devices, wherein at least one of the two or more persistent storage devices is to be logically organized with a namespace divided into two or more zones, determine two or more different zone size dependent parameters associated with the two or more persistent storage devices, determine a smallest aligned boundary based on each of the two or more different zone size dependent parameters, and set a zone group size for access to the two or more persistent storage devices based on the determined smallest aligned boundary. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Shirish Bahirat, Michael Scott Allison, Mary Allison Goodman
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Patent number: 12093173Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic apparatus may include one or more substrates, and logic coupled to the one or more substrates, the logic to control access to two or more persistent storage devices, wherein at least one of the two or more persistent storage devices is to be logically organized with a namespace divided into two or more zones, determine two or more different zone size dependent parameters associated with the two or more persistent storage devices, determine a smallest aligned boundary based on each of the two or more different zone size dependent parameters, and set a zone group size for access to the two or more persistent storage devices based on the determined smallest aligned boundary. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2023Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: SK hynix NAND Product Solutions CorporationInventors: Shirish Bahirat, Michael Scott Allison, Mary Allison Goodman
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Publication number: 20240020228Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic apparatus may include one or more substrates, and logic coupled to the one or more substrates, the logic to control access to two or more persistent storage devices, wherein at least one of the two or more persistent storage devices is to be logically organized with a namespace divided into two or more zones, determine two or more different zone size dependent parameters associated with the two or more persistent storage devices, determine a smallest aligned boundary based on each of the two or more different zone size dependent parameters, and set a zone group size for access to the two or more persistent storage devices based on the determined smallest aligned boundary. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Shirish Bahirat, Michael Scott Allison, Mary Allison Goodman
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Patent number: 11797433Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic apparatus may include one or more substrates, and logic coupled to the one or more substrates, the logic to control access to two or more persistent storage devices, wherein at least one of the two or more persistent storage devices is to be logically organized with a namespace divided into two or more zones, determine two or more different zone size dependent parameters associated with the two or more persistent storage devices, determine a smallest aligned boundary based on each of the two or more different zone size dependent parameters, and set a zone group size for access to the two or more persistent storage devices based on the determined smallest aligned boundary. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SK hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp.Inventors: Shirish Bahirat, Michael Scott Allison, Mary Allison Goodman
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Publication number: 20200167274Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic apparatus may include one or more substrates, and logic coupled to the one or more substrates, the logic to control access to two or more persistent storage devices, wherein at least one of the two or more persistent storage devices is to be logically organized with a namespace divided into two or more zones, determine two or more different zone size dependent parameters associated with the two or more persistent storage devices, determine a smallest aligned boundary based on each of the two or more different zone size dependent parameters, and set a zone group size for access to the two or more persistent storage devices based on the determined smallest aligned boundary. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Shirish Bahirat, Michael Scott Allison, Mary Allison Goodman
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Patent number: 10467148Abstract: A system and an operating method thereof include a system on chip (SOC) flash controller having at least one SOC channel; at least one memory device coupled with the at least one SOC channel; a printed circuit board (PCB), wherein the SOC flash controller and the at least one memory device are mounted thereon; a flash address translation (FTL) address translator automatically managing the at least one memory device in accordance with a PCB board configuration file of the PCB board and a drive configuration file of the at least one memory device; and a fuse storing an open data plane (ODP) fuse setting generated in accordance with at least in part with data of the PCB board configuration file and the drive configuration file.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventors: Michael Scott Allison, MadhuKiran Vaddi
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Publication number: 20170364445Abstract: A system and an operating method thereof include a system on chip (SOC) flash controller having at least one SOC channel; at least one memory device coupled with the at least one SOC channel; a printed circuit board (PCB), wherein the SOC flash controller and the at least one memory device are mounted thereon; a flash address translation (FTL) address translator automatically managing the at least one memory device in accordance with a PCB board configuration file of the PCB board and a drive configuration file of the at least one memory device; and a fuse storing an open data plane (ODP) fuse setting generated in accordance with at least in part with data of the PCB board configuration file and the drive configuration file.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Michael Scott Allison, MadhuKiran Vaddi