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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6148354 | Architecture for a universal serial bus-based PC flash disk A storage unit made of flash array and a USB controller, is implemented to be compatible with then USB specification. The unit includes memory modules which can accept write commands and read commands and are erasable and non-volatile herein referred to a... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5937425 | Flash file system optimized for page-mode flash technologies A method for organizing a flash memory in which the size of the memory portion for reading or writing data, such as a block, differs from the size of the smallest portion for erasing, such as a unit. The method of the present invention is particularly use... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5799168 | Standardized flash controller A flash memory controller operates a flash memory array comprising a plurality of different types of flash memory chips. The CPU interacts with the array by issuing generic commands through a single Memory Technology Driver (MTD), while the controller tra... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5535357 | Flash memory system providing both BIOS and user storage capability A flash memory system having a controller and a flash memory device for providing BIOS, operating system and user storage capabilities is provided. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, flash memory systems can be designed as integr... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5404485 | Flash file system The provision of a flash memory, virtual mapping system that allows data to be continuously written to unwritten physical address locations. The virtual memory map relates flash memory physical location addresses in order to track the location of data in ... | 04/04/1995 |
