US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Oct. 21 for "Data storage device and method of operating the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,157, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Data storage device and method of operating the same" was invented by Do Hyung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Chi Heon Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Joo Young Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hoe Seung Jung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Hye Mi Kang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data storage device may include a storage and a controller. The storage a storage including a first region of a first physical address range and a second region of a second physical address range. The controller may generate map data including a p...