ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,986, issued on May 26, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Optimizing die utilization in multi-meta die based storage devices" was invented by Amit Sharma (Bengaluru, India) and Dinesh Kumar Agarwal (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage device optimizes die utilization in multi-meta die-based environments. The storage device includes a memory device including multiple meta dies. When a controller on the storage device receives host instructions, the controller selects a first meta die on which to execute the host instruction. If the controller identifies that at least one inactive die is...