ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,008, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).

"Delayed XOR rebuild with priority in multi-protocol products" was invented by Ganesh Kumar Pathirakani (Kovilpatti, India), Dattatreya Nayak (Bangalore, India), Venkatesh Ramadoss (Kumbakonam, India) and Tarun Nimmagadda (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data storage device includes a memory device and a controller coupled to the memory device. The controller is configured to operate under at least a first device protocol and a second device protocol, where the first and second device protocols have different endurance and protecti...