ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,724, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).
"GAT block allocation" was invented by Akshay Teeka Srinivas (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data storage device with efficient page table block allocation. In one example, a memory includes a plurality of memory dies. A controller is configured to allocate a first region of the memory for storing data received from an external electronic device, and allocate a second region of the memory for storing metadata associated with the data. The first region includes a first memory die of the plurality of memory dies, and the second regi...