Netlist Assigned Patent

Netlist, Inc., Irvine, CA, has been assigned a patent (11,243,886) developed by Lee, Hyun, Ladera Ranch, CA, Bhakta, Jayesh R, Cerritos, CA, Chen, Chi She, Walnut, CA, Solomon, Jeffery C., Irvine, CA, Martinez, Mario Jesus, Laguna Niguel, CA, Le, Hao, Santa Ana, CA, and Choi, Soon J., Irvine, CA, for “hybrid memory module and system and method of operating the same.“

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 is configured to control intra-module data transfers between the volatile memory subsystem and the non-volatile memory subsystem. The module controller is further configured to monitor C/A signals on the C/A bus and schedule the intra-module data transfers in accordance with the C/A signals so that the intra-module data transfers do not conflict with accesses to the volatile memory subsystem by the memory controller.”

The patent application was filed on August 13, 2019 (16/539,895).