Patents by Inventor Steven Norgaard

Steven Norgaard 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).

  • Logical to virtual and virtual to physical translation in storage class memory
    Patent number: 11675707
    Abstract: A memory system and method for storing data in one or more storage chips includes: one or more memory cards each having a plurality of storage chips, and each chip having a plurality of dies having a plurality of memory cells; a memory controller comprising a translation module, the translation module further comprising: a logical to virtual translation table (LVT) having a plurality of entries, each entry in the LVT configured to map a logical address to a virtual block address (VBA), where the VBA corresponds to a group of the memory cells on the one or more memory cards, wherein each entry in the LVT further includes a write wear level count to track the number of writing operations to the VBA, and a read wear level count to track the number of read operations for the VBA mapped to that LVT entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Frank Moertl, Damir Anthony Jamsek, Andrew Kenneth Martin, Charalampos Pozidis, Robert Edward Galbraith, Jeremy T. Ekman, Abby Harrison, Gerald Mark Grabowski, Steven Norgaard
  • LOGICAL TO VIRTUAL AND VIRTUAL TO PHYSICAL TRANSLATION IN STORAGE CLASS MEMORY
    Publication number: 20210216470
    Abstract: A memory system and method for storing data in one or more storage chips includes: one or more memory cards each having a plurality of storage chips, and each chip having a plurality of dies having a plurality of memory cells; a memory controller comprising a translation module, the translation module further comprising: a logical to virtual translation table (LVT) having a plurality of entries, each entry in the LVT configured to map a logical address to a virtual block address (VBA), where the VBA corresponds to a group of the memory cells on the one or more memory cards, wherein each entry in the LVT further includes a write wear level count to track the number of writing operations to the VBA, and a read wear level count to track the number of read operations for the VBA mapped to that LVT entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Frank Moertl, Damir Anthony Jamsek, Andrew Kenneth Martin, Charalampos Pozidis, Robert Edward Galbraith, Jeremy T. Ekman, Abby Harrison, Gerald Mark Grabowski, Steven Norgaard
  • Logical to virtual and virtual to physical translation in storage class memory
    Patent number: 10990537
    Abstract: A memory system and method for storing data in one or more storage chips includes: one or more memory cards each having a plurality of storage chips, and each chip having a plurality of dies having a plurality of memory cells; a memory controller comprising a translation module, the translation module further comprising: a logical to virtual translation table (LVT) having a plurality of entries, each entry in the LVT configured to map a logical address to a virtual block address (VBA), where the VBA corresponds to a group of the memory cells on the one or more memory cards, wherein each entry in the LVT further includes a write wear level count to track the number of writing operations to the VBA, and a read wear level count to track the number of read operations for the VBA mapped to that LVT entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Frank Moertl, Damir Anthony Jamsek, Andrew Kenneth Martin, Charalampos Pozidis, Robert Edward Galbraith, Jeremy T. Ekman, Abby Harrison, Gerald Mark Grabowski, Steven Norgaard