Patents by Inventor Naoki OOTSUKA

Naoki OOTSUKA 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).

  • Semiconductor storage device, with organizing-state notify processing
    Patent number: 8527727
    Abstract: According to the embodiments, a first storing unit as a cache, second and third storing units included in a nonvolatile semiconductor memories, and a controller are included, in which the controller includes an organizing unit that increases a resource by organizing data in the nonvolatile semiconductor memories, and an organizing-state notifying unit that, when an organizing-state notification request is input from a host, outputs an organizing state by the organizing unit to the host as an organizing-state notification, thereby improving a command response speed and the writing efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoki Ootsuka, Hirokazu Morita, Hirokuni Yano
  • SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110314204
    Abstract: According to the embodiments, a first storing unit as a cache, second and third storing units included in a nonvolatile semiconductor memories, and a controller are included, in which the controller includes an organizing unit that increases a resource by organizing data in the nonvolatile semiconductor memories, and an organizing-state notifying unit that, when an organizing-state notification request is input from a host, outputs an organizing state by the organizing unit to the host as an organizing-state notification, thereby improving a command response speed and the writing efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoki OOTSUKA, Hirokazu Morita, Hirokuni Yano