ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,511, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Memory storage device and wear leveling method thereof" was invented by Sanghoon Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wan-Soo Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hee Yeon Tak (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory storage device is provided. The memory storage device includes: a memory device including a plurality of blocks, the plurality of blocks including a first block which includes a plurality of sub-blocks; and a memory controller configured to, based on use amount differences among the plurality of sub-blocks being great...