SMART Modular Technologies Assigned Patent

SMART Modular Technologies, Inc., Newark, CA, has been assigned a patent (12405752) developed by Mills; Andrew, Coto de Caza, CA, for “migrating data between byte-addressable and block-addressable storage devices in processor-based devices.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Migrating data between byte-addressable and block-addressable storage devices in processor-based devices is disclosed. In this regard, a processor of a processor-based device is communicatively coupled to both a byte-addressable storage device and a block-addressable storage device. The processor is configured to present the byte-addressable storage device and the block-addressable storage device as a single virtual storage device (i.e., as either a byte-addressable virtual device or a block-addressable virtual storage device). The processor is further configured to identify a low-activity region in the byte-addressable storage device, and to also identify a high-activity region in the block-addressable storage device. The processor then exchanges a first storage region corresponding to the low-activity region and comprising a memory address region of the byte-addressable storage device with a second storage region corresponding to the high-activity region and comprising a block region of the block-addressable storage device.”

The patent application was filed on 2023-09-26 (18/373234).