Netlist Assigned Patent

Netlist, Inc., Irvine, CA, has been assigned a patent (10,248,328) developed by Regni, Lee, Hyun, Ladera Ranch, CA, and Wang, Sheng, Irvine, CA, for a “direct data move between DRAM and storage on a memory module.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A computer system comprises a processor, a memory module and input/output devices. The memory module includes a circuit board, a volatile memory unit mounted on the circuit board, a non-volatile memory unit mounted on the circuit board and a control circuit mounted on the circuit board. The volatile memory unit comprises DRAM devices, and the non-volatile memory unit comprises flash memory. The processor is configured to execute an operating system, (OS) and an application program and to present a memory address space to the application program. The memory address space including a memory mapped input/output, (MMIO) space mapped to the I/O devices, a pseudo MMIO, (PMMIO) space mapped to the non-volatile memory unit, and a DRAM space mapped to the volatile memory unit, the PMMIO space including a system main memory local storage, (MMLS) area and a memory channel storage area, wherein the DRAM space is partitioned into memory pages, and the MCS space is partitioned into storage blocks.”

The patent application was filed on July 31, 2017 (15/665,246).