ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,411, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SILICON MOTION INC. (Jhubei City, Taiwan).

"Flash memory controller and methods for executing cache erase operation" was invented by Hsiao-chang Yen (Jhubei City, Taiwan) and Tsu-han Lu (Jhubei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flash memory controller and a method for executing a cache erase operation are provided. The flash memory controller includes a first interface circuit and a processor. The first interface circuit is coupled to a flash memory to transmit data and commands. The processor is coupled to the first interface circuit to access the flash memory. The processor contro...