US Patent Issued to SK hynix on Oct. 7 for "Memory controller and storage device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,690, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Memory controller and storage device" was invented by Hui Won Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Byung Jun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Taek Gyu Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Young Kyu Jeon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory controller to control a memory device including a secure storage area may include a host interface configured to receive a command from a host, the command including information for authentication requesting access to the secure storage area; a processor configured to generate a device authenticati...