Patents by Inventor STEC, Inc.

STEC, Inc. 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING DATA USING A FLEXIBLE DATA FORMAT
    Publication number: 20130111118
    Abstract: A flash storage device includes a flash storage for storing data and a controller for receiving a command in connection with user data and selecting a sector size associated with storing the user data. The controller allocates the user data among data sectors having the sector size and writes the data sectors to the flash storage. In some embodiments, the controller generates system data and stores the system data in the data sectors or a system sector, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: STEC, Inc.
    Inventor: STEC, Inc.
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN SOLID STATE DRIVE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130097433
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to methods and systems for dynamically controlling the power consumed by solid state drive. One embodiment includes a method that measures the power consumed by the solid state drive system and configures a programmable resource manager to grant the usage/activation of flash memory devices, thereby maintaining the power consumed by the flash memory devices and, as a result, the power consumed by the whole drive, within a specified power budget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: STEC, Inc.
    Inventor: STEC, Inc.