US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on July 14 for "Block repurposing based on health metrics" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,655, issued on July 14, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Block repurposing based on health metrics" was invented by Chiara Cerafogli (Boise, Idaho), Carla L. Christensen (Boise, Idaho), Iolanda Del Villano (Villa di Briano, Italy), Lalla Fatima Drissi (Ottaviano, Italy), Anna Scalesse (Arzano, Italy) and Maddalena Calzolari (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for block repurposing based on health metrics are described. The method may involve setting a storage state of a block of memory cells, the storage state corresponding to a storage density of the block of memory cells or an ...