Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Specific memory composition
Reexamination Certificate
2004-10-12
2008-12-30
Sough, Hyung S (Department: 2188)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Specific memory composition
C711S117000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07472222
ABSTRACT:
A mobile computing hard disk drive has both a flash memory device and a DRAM device, with the HDD controller managing data storage between disk, DRAM, and flash both when write requests arrive and when the HDD is idle to optimize flash memory device life and system performance.
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Auerbach Daniel
Campello Jorge
Chu Frank Rui-Feng
Ng Spencer W.
Cygiel Gary W
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies - Netherlands B.V.
Rogitz John L.
Sough Hyung S
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