Patents by Inventor Shoji Sawamura

Shoji Sawamura 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: 11868285
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a nonvolatile memory, a volatile memory, a controller, and a board. The nonvolatile memory stores data. The volatile memory holds a part of the data stored in the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller controls the volatile memory and the nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory, the volatile memory, and the memory controller are provided on the board. The memory controller transmits an interrupt signal to a request source, when the volatile memory does not have any data corresponding to an address which the request source requests to access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Fujisawa, Nobuhiro Kondo, Shoji Sawamura, Kenichi Maeda, Atsushi Kunimatsu
  • Publication number: 20230078983
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a nonvolatile memory, a volatile memory, a controller, and a board. The nonvolatile memory stores data. The volatile memory holds a part of the data stored in the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller controls the volatile memory and the nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory, the volatile memory, and the memory controller are provided on the board. The memory controller transmits an interrupt signal to a request source, when the volatile memory does not have any data corresponding to an address which the request source requests to access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Toshio Fujisawa, Nobuhiro Kondo, Shoji Sawamura, Kenichi Maeda, Atsushi Kunimatsu
  • Patent number: 11537536
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a nonvolatile memory, a volatile memory, a controller, and a board. The nonvolatile memory stores data. The volatile memory holds a part of the data stored in the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller controls the volatile memory and the nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory, the volatile memory, and the memory controller are provided on the board. The memory controller transmits an interrupt signal to a request source, when the volatile memory does not have any data corresponding to an address which the request source requests to access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Fujisawa, Nobuhiro Kondo, Shoji Sawamura, Kenichi Maeda, Atsushi Kunimatsu
  • Publication number: 20210141746
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a nonvolatile memory, a volatile memory, a controller, and a board. The nonvolatile memory stores data. The volatile memory holds a part of the data stored in the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller controls the volatile memory and the nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory, the volatile memory, and the memory controller are provided on the board. The memory controller transmits an interrupt signal to a request source, when the volatile memory does not have any data corresponding to an address which the request source requests to access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Toshio Fujisawa, Nobuhiro Kondo, Shoji Sawamura, Kenichi Maeda, Atsushi Kunimatsu
  • Patent number: 10929315
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a nonvolatile memory, a volatile memory, a controller, and a board. The nonvolatile memory stores data. The volatile memory holds a part of the data stored in the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller controls the volatile memory and the nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory, the volatile memory, and the memory controller are provided on the board. The memory controller transmits an interrupt signal to a request source, when the volatile memory does not have any data corresponding to an address which the request source requests to access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Fujisawa, Nobuhiro Kondo, Shoji Sawamura, Kenichi Maeda, Atsushi Kunimatsu
  • Patent number: 10459846
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system is connectable to a host device including a first memory. The memory system includes a memory controller and a second memory in which data from a host device is stored. The memory controller includes a third memory, a first unit and a second unit and has a first space. The first unit designates a first address in the first space. The second unit converts, by using a conversion table, the first address into a second address in a first area of the first memory. The conversion table includes a plurality of layers and includes a first conversion table of a top layer and a second conversion table of a layer lower than the first conversion table. The first conversion table is stored in the third memory. The second conversion table is stored in a second area of the first memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukimasa Miyamoto, Toru Katagiri, Shoji Sawamura
  • Publication number: 20180307632
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a nonvolatile memory, a volatile memory, a controller, and a board. The nonvolatile memory stores data. The volatile memory holds a part of the data stored in the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller controls the volatile memory and the nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory, the volatile memory, and the memory controller are provided on the board. The memory controller transmits an interrupt signal to a request source, when the volatile memory does not have any data corresponding to an address which the request source requests to access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Toshio Fujisawa, Nobuhiro Kondo, Shoji Sawamura, Kenichi Maeda, Atsushi Kunimatsu
  • Patent number: 10042786
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a nonvolatile memory, a volatile memory, a controller, and a board. The nonvolatile memory stores data. The volatile memory holds a part of the data stored in the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller controls the volatile memory and the nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory, the volatile memory, and the memory controller are provided on the board. The memory controller transmits an interrupt signal to a request source, when the volatile memory does not have any data corresponding to an address which the request source requests to access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Fujisawa, Nobuhiro Kondo, Shoji Sawamura, Kenichi Maeda, Atsushi Kunimatsu
  • Patent number: 9864548
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory module includes a volatile memory, a nonvolatile memory, and a controller. The volatile memory is data readable and writable. The nonvolatile memory is data readable and writable and stores therein correspondence information containing an attribute indicating any of volatile, nonvolatile, and both of volatile and nonvolatile associated with an address in an address space assigned to the volatile memory and the nonvolatile memory. The controller reads data from and writes data to the volatile memory or the nonvolatile memory, referring to the correspondence information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji Sawamura, Nobuhiro Kondo, Kenichi Maeda, Kenichiro Yoshii
  • Publication number: 20170075815
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory system is connectable to a host device including a first memory. The memory system includes a memory controller and a second memory in which data from a host device is stored. The memory controller includes a third memory, a first unit and a second unit and has a first space. The first unit designates a first address in the first space. The second unit converts, by using a conversion table, the first address into a second address in a first area of the first memory. The conversion table includes a plurality of layers and includes a first conversion table of a top layer and a second conversion table of a layer lower than the first conversion table. The first conversion table is stored in the third memory. The second conversion table is stored in a second area of the first memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yukimasa MIYAMOTO, Toru KATAGIRI, Shoji SAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170075630
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory module includes a volatile memory, a nonvolatile memory, and a controller. The volatile memory is data readable and writable. The nonvolatile memory is data readable and writable and stores therein correspondence information containing an attribute indicating any of volatile, nonvolatile, and both of volatile and nonvolatile associated with an address in an address space assigned to the volatile memory and the nonvolatile memory. The controller reads data from and writes data to the volatile memory or the nonvolatile memory, referring to the correspondence information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shoji SAWAMURA, Nobuhiro Kondo, Kenichi Maeda, Kenichiro Yoshii
  • Patent number: 9575887
    Abstract: A memory device according to an embodiment includes a non-volatile storage device, a volatile storage device that stores saved data which is saved in the host-side storage device when a first operation mode changing process is executed by the memory device, and a control unit. The control unit transmits, to the host device, a write command that is an instruction to write the saved data to the host-side storage device and the saved data, when the first operation mode changing process is executed by the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shoji Sawamura, Nobuhiro Kondo, Takaya Horiki, Daisuke Iwai
  • Publication number: 20160267027
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a nonvolatile memory, a volatile memory, a controller, and a board. The nonvolatile memory stores data. The volatile memory holds a part of the data stored in the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller controls the volatile memory and the nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory, the volatile memory, and the memory controller are provided on the board. The memory controller transmits an interrupt signal to a request source, when the volatile memory does not have any data corresponding to an address which the request source requests to access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Toshio Fujisawa, Nobuhiro Kondo, Shoji Sawamura, Kenichi Maeda, Atsushi Kunimatsu
  • Patent number: 9354818
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data storing method includes saving data stored in a memory device to a host device and verifying validity or accuracy of the data saved in the host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yaotung Kuo, Koichi Nagai, Shoji Sawamura, Nobuhiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20150242141
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data storing method includes saving data stored in a memory device to a host device and verifying validity or accuracy of the data saved in the host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yaotung KUO, Koichi Nagai, Shoji Sawamura, Nobuhiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20150074330
    Abstract: A memory device according to an embodiment includes a non-volatile storage device, a volatile storage device that stores saved data which is saved in the host-side storage device when a first operation mode changing process is executed by the memory device, and a control unit. The control unit transmits, to the host device, a write command that is an instruction to write the saved data to the host-side storage device and the saved data, when the first operation mode changing process is executed by the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shoji SAWAMURA, Nobuhiro Kondo, Takaya Horiki, Daisuke Iwai
  • Publication number: 20150058532
    Abstract: A memory device of an embodiment includes a non-volatile storage device, and a volatile storage device that stores observation information indicating a state of the memory device. The memory device is provided with a controller that executes an observation information sending process that sends a write command, which is an instruction to write the observation information in the host-side storage device, and the observation information to the host device. Further, the controller repeats the observation information sending process plural times in response to one sending request from the host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shigenori SUGIMOTO, Shoji SAWAMURA, Takaya HORIKI, Daisuke IWAI
  • Patent number: 7627771
    Abstract: A clock control hierarchy is provided that is comprised of synchronous and asynchronous hold request signals that are used to start and stop functional units of a chip. Pervasive logic is provided that uses a synchronous “chip hold” signal and asynchronous latch/functional unit hold signals to individually target functional units and latches that are to remain in a held state once the “chip hold” state is released. With the present invention, a chip hold request is first activated followed by scannable latch and non-scannable latch hold requests being activated to identify which latches will be clocked or not clocked when the chip hold is released. Functional unit hold signals are activated to place certain ones of the functional units of the chip in a hold state. The chip hold request is deactivated and the chip operates with the selected functional units and latches being maintained in a held state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan P. Chelstrom, Mack W. Riley, Shoji Sawamura
  • Publication number: 20090222251
    Abstract: A design structure for a integrated circuit interfacing system may be embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing or testing a integrated circuit. In one embodiment, the design structure specifies an integrated circuit that includes multiple interfaces. The design structure may specify that each of the interfaces couples to a respective set of registers or storage elements on the integrated circuit. The design structure may also specify a bridge circuit on the integrated circuit that switchably couples the two interfaces together such that one interface may communicate with the registers that associate with that interface as well as the registers that associate with the other interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tilman Gloekler, Ingemar Holm, Ralph C. Koester, Mack Wayne Riley, Shoji Sawamura, Iwao Takiguchi
  • Publication number: 20080147901
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the disclosed methodology and apparatus involves an integrated circuit that includes multiple interfaces. Each of the interfaces couples to a respective set of registers or storage elements on the integrated circuit. A bridge circuit on the integrated circuit switchably couples the two interfaces together such that one interface may communicate with the registers that associate with that interface as well as the registers that associate with the other interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: IBM Corporation
    Inventors: Tilman Gloekler, Ingemar Holm, Ralph C. Koester, Mack Wayne Riley, Shoji Sawamura, Iwao Takiguchi