ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,582, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SK HYNIX INC. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Storage device for changing map update mode" was invented by Sung Jin Park (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage device includes a memory apparatus configured to store logical to physical (L2P) information, and a controller coupled to be in communications with the memory apparatus and configured to selectively change a map update mode based on a map update history after performing a map management operation on the L2P information."

The patent was filed on Feb. 16, 2024, under Application No. 18/444,404.

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