Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Andrew Tomlin

73Patents
14h-index
41Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 20, 1995 → Oct 11, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7315917B2 Scheduling of housekeeping operations in flash memory systems Physics 69 Expired
US8898548B1 Methods, data storage devices and systems having variable size ECC page size Physics 69 Active
US8094500B2 Non-volatile memory and method with write cache partitioning Physics 54 Active
US8244960B2 Non-volatile memory and method with write cache partition management methods Physics 53 Active
US5558369A Tapping plate and retention bracket assembly Performing Operations; Transporting 33 Expired
US9170938B1 Method and system for atomically writing scattered information in a solid state storage device Physics 26 Active
US7594135B2 Flash memory system startup operation Physics 25 Active
US9489296B1 Methods, devices and systems for hardware-based garbage collection in solid state drives Physics 22 Active
US9940028B2 Multimode storage device Physics 21 Active
US8700840B2 Nonvolatile memory with write cache having flush/eviction methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US7565478B2 Scheduling of housekeeping operations in flash memory systems Physics 19 Active
US7849381B2 Method for copying data in reprogrammable non-volatile memory Physics 18 Active
US7962777B2 Flash memory system startup operation Physics 15 Active
US8862952B1 Prioritized memory scanning for data storage systems Physics 14 Active
US7427027B2 Optimized non-volatile storage systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US9214963B1 Method and system for monitoring data channel to enable use of dynamically adjustable LDPC coding parameters in a data storage system Electricity 12 Active
US9021339B2 Data reliability schemes for data storage systems Physics 12 Active
US9268682B2 Methods, devices and systems for physical-to-logical mapping in solid state drives Physics 12 Active
US8364883B2 Scheduling of housekeeping operations in flash memory systems Physics 11 Active
US8954694B2 Methods, data storage devices and systems for fragmented firmware table rebuild in a solid state drive Physics 11 Active
US9170939B1 Early de-allocation of write buffer in an SSD Physics 10 Active
US7752412B2 Methods of managing file allocation table information Physics 10 Active
US7926720B2 Optimized non-volatile storage systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US9507523B1 Methods, devices and systems for variable size logical page management in a solid state drive Physics 8 Active
US10417123B1 Systems and methods for improving garbage collection and wear leveling performance in data storage systems Physics 8 Active

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