US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Feb. 17 for "Storage device entering low power mode after executing background operation and operating method of the storage device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,422, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Storage device entering low power mode after executing background operation and operating method of the storage device" was invented by Sung Ju Yoo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jong Bo Bae (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jung Ho Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Ji Hun Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Bu Yong Song (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage device may read a plurality of data units from a host memory buffer prior to entering a low power mode, release a communication link with the host after reading the plurality of d...