ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,638, issued on July 8, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).
"Signaling memory zone ranking information" was invented by Giuseppe Cariello (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for signaling memory zone ranking information are described. A first system may determine ranking information for zones of a memory. The ranking information may be associated with a first type of maintenance operation. The first system may transmit the ranking information to a second system. The second system may use the ranking information to manage a second type of maintenance operation."
The patent was f...