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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2006
Applicants:
Toshiyuki Nishihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Yoshioka, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Toshiyuki Nishihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Yoshioka, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A storage device that includes: a flash memory device being a main storage medium; a cache memory for use for the flash memory device; and a control circuit. In the storage device, based on a write command and address information provided from outside, the control circuit selects either the flash memory device or the cache memory as a writing destination of input data.