US Patent Issued to Vervain on Sept. 8 for "Lifetime mixed level non-volatile memory system" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,638, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Vervain LLC (Plano, Texas).

"Lifetime mixed level non-volatile memory system" was invented by G. R. Mohan Rao (Allen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for storing data comprises a processor that processes data. At least one MLC non-volatile memory comprises a plurality of individually erasable physical blocks. At least one SLC non-volatile memory comprises a plurality of individually erasable physical blocks. A controller coupled to the at least one MLC non-volatile memory and the at least one SLC non-volatile memory is adapted to a) maintain an address map of at least one of the M...