ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,014, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Storage device and operation method thereof" was invented by Yuri Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyung-Woo Noh (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Byungchan Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage device includes a memory that includes a firmware image area, and a memory controller that receives a first firmware image that includes a firmware signature, firmware data, a first certificate that includes a first certificate public key, and a second certificate that includes a second certificate public key. The memory contro...