Fusion-io Assigned Patent

Fusion-io, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, has been assigned a patent (8,189,407) for an "apparatus, system, and method for biasing data in a solid-state storage device."

The co-inventors are John Strasser, Syracuse, UT, Jonathan Thatcher, Liberty Lake, WA, Jeremy Fillingim, Salt Lake City, UT, David Flynn, Sandy, UT, Lance Smith, San Jose, CA, Robert Wood, Nwot, CO, and James Peterson, San Jose, CA

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for improving performance in a non-volatile solid-state storage device. Non-volatile solid-state storage media includes a plurality of storage cells. The plurality of storage cells is configured such that storage cells in an empty state store initial binary values that satisfy a bias. An input module receives source data for storage in the plurality of storage cells of the non-volatile solid-state storage media. Bits of the source data have a source bias that is different from the bias of the plurality of storage cells. A bit biasing module biases the bits of the source data toward the bias of the plurality of storage cells. A write module writes the biased source data to the plurality of storage cells of the non-volatile solid-state storage media."

The patent application was filed on Dec. 29, 2010 (12/981,394).