ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,470, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Security-enhanced storage device" was invented by Hyunjoon Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Youngsik Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a storage device with enhanced security. The storage device includes: a security pad; a non-volatile memory device; and a storage controller including a sensing pin connected to the security pad. The storage controller is configured to: classify data corresponding to an input/output request for the non-volatile memory device as hot data or cold data, based on an access frequ...