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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
May. 03, 2005
Applicants:
Kiran Kumar G. Bangalore, Folsom, CA (US);
Patrick C. Mcginty, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
William J. Tiso, Jr., Folsom, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kiran Kumar G. Bangalore, Folsom, CA (US);
Patrick C. McGinty, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
William J. Tiso, Jr., Folsom, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Directory virtualization may be achieved in semiconductor memories, such as flash memories, by providing a system in which files and directories are interchangeable. A directory may be stored at a virtual address which points to various files. From the user perspective, a tree hierarchy may be achieved. From a hardware standpoint, a series of entries in a table may be linked together by various pointers.