EpoStar Electronics Assigned Patent

EpoStar Electronics Corp., Hsinchu, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (9,990,152) developed by Hsieh, Hung-Chih, Hsiao, Yu-Hua, Hsinchu County, Taiwan, and Liao, Shih-Tien, Hsinchu, Taiwan, for a “data writing method and storage controller.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A data writing method is provided. The method includes writing a first write data into a first physical sub-unit in a storage device according to a first write command, recording a first meta data corresponding to the first write data into the storage device, writing a second write data into a second physical sub-unit in the storage device, recording a second meta data corresponding to the second write data into the storage device. A second write identification code of the second meta data is set to be different from a first write identification code of the first meta data if the second physical unit is closely adjacent to the first physical unit and the second write data is written according to the second write command, and whether the second write data is valid or invalid is determined according to the second meta data if a special event occurs.”

The patent application was filed on January 10, 2017 (15/402,239).