US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on March 17 for "Memory management method to save energy" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,880, issued on March 17, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Memory management method to save energy" was invented by Michael Giovannini (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a memory formed by memory units accessible in write mode and in read mode. Each memory unit includes an array of memory cells and a peripheral circuit of access to the memory cells. Each memory unit is configurable in a first operating mode and a second operating mode. The array of memory cells are set in the first operating mode and the second operating modes to retain data until a subsequent powering o...