Netlist Assigned Patent

Netlist, Inc., Irvine, CA, has been assigned a patent (10,198,350) developed by Lee, Hyun, Ladera Ranch, CA, for a “memory module having volatile and non-volatile memory subsystems and method of operation.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A memory module comprises a volatile memory subsystem configured to coupled to a memory channel in computer system and capable of serving as main memory for the computer system, a non-volatile memory subsystem providing storage for the computer system, and a module controller coupled to the volatile memory subsystem, the non-volatile memory subsystem, and the C/A bus. The module controller reads first data from the non-volatile memory subsystem in response to a Flash access request received via the memory channel, and causes at least a portion of the first data to be written into the volatile memory subsystem in response to a dummy write memory command received via the C/A bus. The module control device includes status registers accessible by the computer system via the memory bus.”

The patent application was filed on May 7, 2015 (14/706,873).