US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Jan. 27 for "SSD having dual port mode wherein ports operate independently of each other via port mode controller" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,116, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"SSD having dual port mode wherein ports operate independently of each other via port mode controller" was invented by Yong Tae Jeon (Icheon-si, South Korea), Ji Woon Yang (Icheon-si, South Korea) and Dae Sik Park (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An SSD device comprises a first port linking up with a first host using a first link, a second port linking up with the first host or a second host using a second link, and a port mode controller controlling the first port and the second port to change an operating mode from a dual port mode...