ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,012, issued on May 26, was assigned to SK HYNIX INC. (Icheon-si, South Korea).
"Data storage device and operating method thereof" was invented by Hyun Tae Kim (Icheon-si, South Korea) and So Yoon Jung (Icheon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data processing system is provided to include a storage unit and a controller in communication with the storage unit and configured to program write data to a first area as at least one of the plurality of storage areas with a priority over a second area as at least one of the plurality of storage areas and transfer data of the first area to the second area. The controller is furth...