US Patent Issued to Western Digital Technologies on Oct. 28 for "Data storage device and method for using a dynamic floating flash region to secure a firmware update" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,967, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Western Digital Technologies Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Data storage device and method for using a dynamic floating flash region to secure a firmware update" was invented by Anusuya Jayachandran (Bengaluru, India) and Senthil Kumar Veluswamy (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data storage device and method are provided for using a dynamic floating flash region to secure a firmware update. In one embodiment, a data storage device is provided comprising a first non-volatile memory, a second non-volatile memory, and a controller. The controller is configured to communicate with the ...