US Patent No: 6,625,713

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Memory controller and method for managing a logical/physical address control table

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Abstract

A memory controller for reading data stored in a nonvolatile memory that includes a number of erasable blocks containing a number of pages. A logical/physical address control table stored in a logical/physical address control table block of the nonvolatile memory is searched, read, and manipulated in the nonvolatile memory.

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Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
SONY CORPORATIONTOKYO, JP36236

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Iida, Kenichi Saitama, JP 70 238
Koga, Noriyuki Chiba, JP 23 143
Obayashi, Shuji Mie, JP 3 28
Sugiura, Mari Tokyo, JP 5 78
Yamada, Eiichi Tokyo, JP 71 399

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KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA (1)
6,377,500 Memory system with a non-volatile memory, having address translating function 57 2000
 
LIYUE CAPITAL, LLC (1)
5,937,193 Circuit arrangement for translating platform-independent instructions for execution on a hardware platform and method thereof 75 1996
 
RACAL-DATACOM, INC. (1)
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7,277,011 Removable memory media with integral indicator light 7 2003
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7,155,559 Flash memory architecture with separate storage of overhead and user data 16 2000
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HGST NETHERLANDS B.V. (1)
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