ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,905, issued on March 17, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).
"Data storage device and method for metadata retrieval and bypassing" was invented by Ramanathan Muthiah (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data storage device and method are disclosed for metadata retrieval and bypassing. In one embodiment, a data storage device is provided comprising a memory and one or more processors. The one or more processors, individually or in combination, are configured to: receive, from a host, a request for one, but not both, of data and its associated metadata; and in response to receiving the request: ...