US Patent Issued to Micron Technology on Sept. 23 for "Memory system firmware update using virtual slots" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,090, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Memory system firmware update using virtual slots" was invented by Noorshaheen Mavungal Noorudheen (Long Beach, Calif.) and Shalu Agrawal (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure configure a system component, such as memory sub-system controller, to update firmware using a virtual slot. The memory sub-system controller receives an image that includes a firmware update and performs a verification of the image. The verified firmware update is stored in a storage location on a set of memory components prior to rece...