ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,458, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Systems and methods for prefetching data" was invented by Tong Zhang (Mountain View, Calif.), Zongwang Li (Dublin, Calif.), Da Zhang (Fremont, Calif.), Byung Choi (Fremont, Calif.), Rekha Pitchumani (Oak Hill, Va.) and Yang Seok Ki (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for prefetching data are disclosed. A processor in communication with a storage device identifies a first address. The processor identifies a first setting associated with the first address. The processor issues a first command to a first stor...