ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,446, issued on May 5, was assigned to MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL Co. LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Memory searching engine, reference array and reference calibrating method" was invented by Yu-Hsuan Lin (Taichung City, Taiwan) and Po-Hao Tseng (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory searching engine is provided in present disclosure. The memory searching engine stores at least one reference time and at least one reference voltage corresponding to multiple Hamming distances and comprises a data array and a reference array. The data array stores at least one first pattern data and is configured to perform a data searching a...