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Andrew Tomlin
Also filed as: TOMLIN ANDREW · TOMLIN ANDREW J · TOMLIN ANDREW JOHN
73 granted patents·6 pending applications·1,008 citations·filing 1995–2024
99Inventor score
Files withWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC29SANDISK CORP11KIOXIA CORP10TOMLIN ANDREW6SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD5
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79 records- 0198US7315917B2Scheduling of housekeeping operations in flash memory systemsSANDISK CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 1, 2008·106 cites·27 claims
- 0297US9170938B1Method and system for atomically writing scattered information in a solid state storage deviceWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 27, 2015·43 cites·31 claims
- 0396US9489296B1Methods, devices and systems for hardware-based garbage collection in solid state drivesWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 8, 2016·43 cites·38 claims
- 0496US8898548B1Methods, data storage devices and systems having variable size ECC page sizeMULLENDORE RODNEY N·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 25, 2014·94 cites·54 claims
- 0595US11841801B2Metadata management in non-volatile memory devices using in-memory journalKIOXIA CORP·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 12, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 0695US11467970B1Metadata management in non-volatile memory devices using in-memory journalKIOXIA CORP·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 11, 2022·3 cites·20 claims
- 0795US9940028B2Multimode storage deviceSAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 10, 2018·14 cites·19 claims
- 0895US8244960B2Non-volatile memory and method with write cache partition management methodsPALEY ALEXANDER·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 14, 2012·65 cites·12 claims
- 0995US8094500B2Non-volatile memory and method with write cache partitioningPALEY ALEXANDER·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 10, 2012·68 cites·20 claims
- 1094US9251067B1High speed trim command processing in a solid state driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 2, 2016·22 cites·33 claims
- 1194US9214963B1Method and system for monitoring data channel to enable use of dynamically adjustable LDPC coding parameters in a data storage systemWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 15, 2015·22 cites·33 claims
- 1294US8862952B1Prioritized memory scanning for data storage systemsBOOTH JING·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 14, 2014·26 cites·20 claims
- 1393US12147694B2Conditional update, delayed lookupKIOXIA CORP·Filed 2021·Granted Nov 19, 2024·2 cites·17 claims
- 1493US7565478B2Scheduling of housekeeping operations in flash memory systemsSANDISK CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 21, 2009·27 cites·7 claims
- 1592US10417123B1Systems and methods for improving garbage collection and wear leveling performance in data storage systemsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 17, 2019·15 cites·22 claims
- 1692US9170939B1Early de-allocation of write buffer in an SSDWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 27, 2015·17 cites·9 claims
- 1791US9990304B2Multimode storage management systemSAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 5, 2018·9 cites·18 claims
- 1891US9632926B1Memory unit assignment and selection for internal memory operations in data storage systemsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 25, 2017·14 cites·20 claims
- 1990US10540219B2Reset and error handling in application specific integrated circuitsTOSHIBA MEMORY CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 21, 2020·6 cites·20 claims
- 2090US9507523B1Methods, devices and systems for variable size logical page management in a solid state driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 29, 2016·15 cites·36 claims
- 2190US9268682B2Methods, devices and systems for physical-to-logical mapping in solid state drivesWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 23, 2016·15 cites·45 claims
- 2290US8364883B2Scheduling of housekeeping operations in flash memory systemsSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 29, 2013·17 cites·24 claims
- 2389US10254983B2Atomic write command support in a solid state driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 9, 2019·5 cites·20 claims
- 2489US9021339B2Data reliability schemes for data storage systemsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 28, 2015·14 cites·22 claims
- 2589US8954694B2Methods, data storage devices and systems for fragmented firmware table rebuild in a solid state driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 10, 2015·13 cites·23 claims
- 2689US7962777B2Flash memory system startup operationSANDISK CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 14, 2011·18 cites·12 claims
- 2788US8700840B2Nonvolatile memory with write cache having flush/eviction methodsPALEY ALEXANDER·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 15, 2014·22 cites·24 claims
- 2888US7752412B2Methods of managing file allocation table informationSANDISK CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 6, 2010·18 cites·15 claims
- 2987US7594135B2Flash memory system startup operationSANDISK CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 22, 2009·40 cites·27 claims
- 3086US10657087B2Method of out of order processing of scatter gather listsTOSHIBA MEMORY CORP·Filed 2018·Granted May 19, 2020·4 cites·20 claims
- 3186US9594520B2Atomic write command support in a solid state driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 14, 2017·4 cites·6 claims
- 3286US9384088B1Double writing map table entries in a data storage system to guard against silent corruptionWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 5, 2016·8 cites·15 claims
- 3386US9354955B1Partial garbage collection for fast error handling and optimized garbage collection for the invisible bandWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted May 31, 2016·8 cites·16 claims
- 3485US10528414B2Centralized error handling in application specific integrated circuitsTOSHIBA MEMORY CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 7, 2020·4 cites·23 claims
- 3584US10114744B2Memory unit assignment and selection for internal memory operations in data storage systemsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 30, 2018·3 cites·20 claims
- 3684US9218279B2Atomic write command support in a solid state driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 22, 2015·6 cites·39 claims
- 3784US7926720B2Optimized non-volatile storage systemsSANDISK CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 19, 2011·10 cites·11 claims
- 3883US9946642B2Distributed multimode storage managementSAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 17, 2018·4 cites·20 claims
- 3983US9792067B2Trim command processing in a solid state driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 17, 2017·3 cites·20 claims
- 4083US9286176B1Selective skipping of blocks in an SSDWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 15, 2016·7 cites·20 claims
- 4183US7681008B2Systems for managing file allocation table informationSANDISK CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 16, 2010·12 cites·13 claims
- 4282US9471242B2Early de-allocation of write buffer in an SSDWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 18, 2016·3 cites·20 claims
- 4382US9454474B2Methods, devices and systems for two stage power-on map rebuild with free space accounting in a solid state driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 27, 2016·6 cites·13 claims
- 4482US8292177B2Optimized non-volatile storage systemsELHAMIAS REUVEN·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 23, 2012·6 cites·17 claims
- 4582US7502921B2Situation sensitive memory performanceSANDISK CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 10, 2009·10 cites·40 claims
- 4681US9461904B2Selective enablement of operating modes or features via host transfer rate detectionSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 4, 2016·3 cites·20 claims
- 4780US5558369ATapping plate and retention bracket assemblyCHRYSLER CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 24, 1996·57 cites·9 claims
- 4879US9996473B2Selective underlying exposure storage mappingSAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 12, 2018·3 cites·18 claims
- 4979US7849381B2Method for copying data in reprogrammable non-volatile memorySANDISK CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 7, 2010·22 cites·14 claims
- 5078US10061696B2Partial garbage collection for fast error handling and optimized garbage collection for the invisible bandWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 28, 2018·2 cites·6 claims
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