ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,985, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Milpitas, Calif.).
"Dynamic flash interface module (FIM) optimization" was invented by Muralitharan Jayaraman (Bangalore, India) and Ramanathan Muthiah (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage device executes an adaptive flash interface module (FIM) protocol to optimize power consumption. The storage device includes a memory device including sets of dies and a set of FIMs. A FIM connects a controller to a set of dies on the memory device. The controller determines the mode of operation of the storage device and initializes the storage device in a fir...