ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,372, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).
"Data storage device and method for device-initiated hibernation" was invented by Judah Gamliel Hahn (Ofra, Israel), Ariel Navon (Revava, Israel) and Shay Benisty (Beer Sheva, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data storage device and method for device-initiated hibernation are provided. In one embodiment, the data storage device comprises a non-volatile memory and a controller. The controller is configured to: receive, from a host during a set-up phase of a hibernation process, a plurality of write commands with a current state of a volatile m...