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Steven Wells
Also filed as: WELLS STEVEN · WELLS STEVEN E
74 granted patents·3 pending applications·5,289 citations·filing 1988–2025
99Inventor score
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77 records- 0199US5341339AMethod for wear leveling in a flash EEPROM memoryINTEL CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Aug 23, 1994·469 cites·8 claims
- 0298US5053990AProgram/erase selection for flash memoryINTEL CORP·Filed 1988·Granted Oct 1, 1991·354 cites·6 claims
- 0397US5473753AMethod of managing defects in flash disk memoriesINTEL CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Dec 5, 1995·148 cites·10 claims
- 0497US5357475AMethod for detaching sectors in a flash EEPROM memory arrayINTEL CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 18, 1994·207 cites·4 claims
- 0596US6014755AMethod of managing defects in flash disk memoriesINTEL CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Jan 11, 2000·128 cites·6 claims
- 0696US5515317AAddressing modes for a dynamic single bit per cell to multiple bit per cell memoryINTEL CORP·Filed 1994·Granted May 7, 1996·129 cites·26 claims
- 0796US5475693AError management processes for flash EEPROM memory arraysINTEL CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 12, 1995·239 cites·18 claims
- 0896US5450363AGray coding for a multilevel cell memory systemINTEL CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 12, 1995·208 cites·19 claims
- 0996US5222046AProcessor controlled command port architecture for flash memoryINTEL CORP·Filed 1990·Granted Jun 22, 1993·167 cites·8 claims
- 1094US5822256AMethod and circuitry for usage of partially functional nonvolatile memoryINTEL CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 13, 1998·203 cites·52 claims
- 1194US5740349AMethod and apparatus for reliably storing defect information in flash disk memoriesINTEL CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 14, 1998·127 cites·17 claims
- 1294US5581723AMethod and apparatus for retaining flash block structure data during erase operations in a flash EEPROM memory arrayINTEL CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 3, 1996·201 cites·16 claims
- 1394US5577194AMethod of managing defects in flash disk memoriesINTEL CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 19, 1996·110 cites·6 claims
- 1494US5341330AMethod for writing to a flash memory array during erase suspend intervalsINTEL CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Aug 23, 1994·206 cites·6 claims
- 1592US6687721B1Random number generator with entropy accumulationINTEL CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 3, 2004·89 cites·45 claims
- 1692US5822781ASector-based storage device emulator having variable-sized sectorINTEL CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 13, 1998·186 cites·31 claims
- 1792US5574879AAddressing modes for a dynamic single bit per cell to multiple bit per cell memoryINTEL CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 12, 1996·86 cites·20 claims
- 1891US11966605B2Superblock-based write management in non-volatile memory devicesKIOXIA CORP·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 23, 2024·2 cites·20 claims
- 1990US6009497AMethod and apparatus for updating flash memory resident firmware through a standard disk drive interfaceINTEL CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 28, 1999·145 cites·15 claims
- 2090US5416782AMethod and apparatus for improving data failure rate testing for memory arraysINTEL CORP·Filed 1992·Granted May 16, 1995·132 cites·5 claims
- 2189US5740395AMethod and apparatus for cleaning up a solid state memory disk storing floating sector dataINTEL CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Apr 14, 1998·145 cites·30 claims
- 2288US8578161B2Protocol for authenticating functionality in a peripheral deviceSMITH NED M·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 5, 2013·10 cites·22 claims
- 2388US6687325B1Counter with non-uniform digit baseINTEL CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 3, 2004·46 cites·24 claims
- 2488US5586285AMethod and circuitry for increasing reserve memory in a solid state memory diskINTEL CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 17, 1996·136 cites·24 claims
- 2588US5479633AMethod of controlling clean-up of a solid state memory disk storing floating sector dataINTEL CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Dec 26, 1995·132 cites·25 claims
- 2687US11294594B2SSD architecture supporting low latency operationKIOXIA CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 5, 2022·5 cites·39 claims
- 2787US7350083B2Integrated circuit chip having firmware and hardware security primitive device(s)INTEL CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 25, 2008·56 cites·24 claims
- 2886US10607712B1Media error reporting improvements for storage drivesTOSHIBA MEMORY CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 31, 2020·3 cites·18 claims
- 2986US6249562B1Method and system for implementing a digit counter optimized for flash memoryINTEL CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 19, 2001·49 cites·23 claims
- 3086US5437020AMethod and circuitry for detecting lost sectors of data in a solid state memory diskINTEL CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Jul 25, 1995·117 cites·23 claims
- 3185US12124719B2Superblock size management in non-volatile memory devicesKIOXIA CORP·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 22, 2024·1 cites·17 claims
- 3285US6792438B1Secure hardware random number generatorINTEL CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 14, 2004·39 cites·24 claims
- 3384US5754817AExecution in place of a file stored non-contiguously in a non-volatile memoryINTEL CORP·Filed 1997·Granted May 19, 1998·119 cites·22 claims
- 3484US5249158AFlash memory blocking architectureINTEL CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Sep 28, 1993·60 cites·15 claims
- 3582US7085341B2Counter with non-uniform digit baseINTEL CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 1, 2006·20 cites·18 claims
- 3682US5535369AMethod for allocating memory in a solid state memory diskINTEL CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 9, 1996·137 cites·12 claims
- 3781US5369616AMethod for assuring that an erase process for a memory array has been properly completedINTEL CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 29, 1994·81 cites·4 claims
- 3880US11704061B2Page buffer enhancementsKIOXIA CORP·Filed 2021·Granted Jul 18, 2023·1 cites·39 claims
- 3980US9213400B2Apparatus and method to provide near zero power DEVSLP in SATA drivesINTEL CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 15, 2015·5 cites·20 claims
- 4080US5452311AMethod and apparatus to improve read reliability in semiconductor memoriesINTEL CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Sep 19, 1995·40 cites·12 claims
- 4179US11048312B2Systems and methods for managing reduced power failure energy requirements on a solid state driveTOSHIBA MEMORY CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 29, 2021·1 cites·19 claims
- 4279US5448577AMethod for reliably storing non-data fields in a flash EEPROM memory arrayINTEL CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Sep 5, 1995·79 cites·24 claims
- 4378US5265059ACircuitry and method for discharging a drain of a cell of a non-volatile semiconductor memoryINTEL CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Nov 23, 1993·44 cites·11 claims
- 4477US12353741B2Superblock-based write management in non-volatile memory devicesKIOXIA CORP·Filed 2024·Granted Jul 8, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 4576US2024362111A1Ssd architecture supporting low latency operationKIOXIA CORP·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4675US10185511B2Technologies for managing an operational characteristic of a solid state driveINTEL CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 22, 2019·2 cites·22 claims
- 4775US9059854B2Protocol for authenticating functionality in a peripheral deviceSMITH NED M·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 16, 2015·3 cites·17 claims
- 4875US2025044971A1Superblock size management in non-volatile memory devicesKIOXIA CORP·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 4974US5490264AGenerally-diagonal mapping of address space for row/column organizer memoriesINTEL CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Feb 6, 1996·35 cites·22 claims
- 5071US6728893B1Power management system for a random number generatorINTEL CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 27, 2004·16 cites·33 claims
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