Patents by Inventor Viet Ly

Viet Ly 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).

  • Flash storage partial page caching
    Patent number: 8862860
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus may operate to receive allocation requests from a processor configured to manage memory comprising a non-volatile memory device configurable as a plurality of blocks comprising a plurality of sectors, assign partial page blocks from the plurality of blocks for memory storage, fill some of the sectors by storing data bits associated with the allocation request in the at least one of the plurality of sectors, determine that the sectors are full, assigning a full page block from the plurality of blocks, and transfer the data bits associated with the allocation request from the partial page blocks to the full page block. Other apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Viet Ly, Michael Murray
  • FLASH STORAGE PARTIAL PAGE CACHING
    Publication number: 20110225384
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus may operate to receive allocation requests from a processor configured to manage memory comprising a non-volatile memory device configurable as a plurality of blocks comprising a plurality of sectors, assign partial page blocks from the plurality of blocks for memory storage, fill some of the sectors by storing data bits associated with the allocation request in the at least one of the plurality of sectors, determine that the sectors are full, assigning a full page block from the plurality of blocks, and transfer the data bits associated with the allocation request from the partial page blocks to the full page block. Other apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Viet Ly, Michael Murray
  • Flash storage partial page caching
    Patent number: 7953954
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus may operate to receive allocation requests from a processor configured to manage memory comprising a non-volatile memory device configurable as a plurality of blocks comprising a plurality of sectors, assign partial page blocks from the plurality of blocks for memory storage, fill some of the sectors by storing data bits associated with the allocation request in the at least one of the plurality of sectors, determine that the sectors are full, assigning a full page block from the plurality of blocks, and transfer the data bits associated with the allocation request from the partial page blocks to the full page block. Other apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Viet Ly, Michael Murray
  • Flash storage partial page caching
    Publication number: 20080183949
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus may operate to receive allocation requests from a processor configured to manage memory comprising a non-volatile memory device configurable as a plurality of blocks comprising a plurality of sectors, assign partial page blocks from the plurality of blocks for memory storage, fill some of the sectors by storing data bits associated with the allocation request in the at least one of the plurality of sectors, determine that the sectors are full, assigning a full page block from the plurality of blocks, and transfer the data bits associated with the allocation request from the partial page blocks to the full page block. Other apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Viet Ly, Michael Murray