Smart Modular Technologies Assigned Two Patents

Solid state storage system with latency management mechanism
Smart Modular Technologies, Inc., Newark, CA, has been assigned a patent (10,838,806) developed by Lin, Fong-Long, Fremont, CA, and Lin, Shu-Cheng, Taipei, Taiwan, for “solid state storage system with latency management mechanism and method of operation thereof.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A solid state storage system, and method of operation thereof, including: a system interface configured to receive host commands, a controller, coupled to the system interface, configured to identify frequently read data blocks from the host commands, a non-volatile memory, coupled to the controller, configured for access of the frequently read data blocks, an error correction code unit, coupled to the controller, configured to provide health monitor parameters for the frequently read data blocks verified by the controller, and a redundant frequently read data (RFRD) area, coupled to the error correction code unit, configured to transfer a recovered data from the frequently read data blocks.”

The patent application was filed on April 17, 2018 (15/955,566).

Data storage system with information exchange mechanism
Smart Modular Technologies, Inc., Newark, CA, has been assigned a patent (10,826,989) developed by Lin, Fong-Long, Fremont, CA, and Rubino, Michael, San Jose, CA, for “data storage system with information exchange mechanism and method of operation thereof.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A data storage system, and a method of operation thereof, includes: a host initialization module for initializing a data storage unit, a command process module, coupled to the host initialization module, for processing a read command or a write command performed on the data storage unit, and a status scheduler module, coupled to the command process module, for generating a check status request to inquire a storage unit status of the data storage unit, wherein the check status request occurs without interrupting a host.”

The patent application was filed on October 13, 2014 (14/512,624).