Avalanche Assigned Two Patents

Computer system with physically-addressable SSD and method of addressing the same
Avalanche Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,037,787) developed by Nemazie, Siamack, Los Altos Hills, CA, for a “computer system with physically-addressable solid state disk, (SSD) and a method of addressing the same.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A storage system includes a Central Processing Unit, (CPU) that has a physically-addressed solid state disk, SSD, addressable using physical addresses associated with user data and provided by a host. The user data is to be stored in or retrieved from the physically-addressed SSD in blocks. Further, a non-volatile memory module is coupled to the CPU and includes flash tables used to manage blocks in the physically addressed SSD. The flash tables have tables that are used to map logical to physical blocks for identifying the location of stored data in the physically addressed SSD. The flash tables are maintained in the non-volatile memory modules thereby avoiding reconstruction of the flash tables upon power interruption.“

The patent application was filed on November 14, 2014 (14/542,516).

Storage system employing MRAM and array of SSDs with integrated switch
Avalanche Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,037,786) developed by Asnaashari, Mehdi, Danville, CA, Nemazie, Siamack, Los Altos Hills, CA, Mandapuram, Anilkumar, San Jose, CA, for a “storage system employing MRAM and array of solid state disks with integrated switch.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A high-availability storage system includes a first storage system and a second storage system. The first storage system includes a first Central Processing Unit, CPU, a first physically-addressed solid state disk, (SSD) and a first non-volatile memory module that is coupled to the first CPU. Similarly, the second storage system includes a second CPU and a second SSD. Upon failure of one of the first or second CPUs, or the storage system with the non-failing CPU continues to be operational and the storage system with the failed CPU is deemed inoperational and the first and second SSDs remain accessible.“

The patent application was filed on August 19, 2013 (13/970,536).