IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NGD Systems, a storage pioneer creating intelligent solid state drives (SSDs) for the cloud data center, was awarded two patents developed by Joao Alcantara and Vladimir Alves. To date, NGD Systems holds 14 patents awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
“We’ve come a long way towards realizing our finished product, optimized for the Internet Data Center and Hyperscale Computing,” said Vladimir Alves, PhD, co-founder and chief technology officer of NGD Systems and co-author on both of the newly awarded patents. “The awarding of these patents underpins some of our core technologies and is fundamental to our work to bring intelligent SSDs to market. These patents help create a solid ecosystem for SSDs both in the Cloud and the Fog.”
U.S. Patent 9,448,745 was filed on March 13, 2014 and awarded for a configurable read-modify-write (RMW) engine and method for operating the same in a solid state drive. In brief, the patent published by the USPTO is for a method of automating the overwriting of host data on a storage device to improve performance while reducing latency and power.
U.S. Patent 9,454,551 was awarded for a system and method for management of garbage collection operations on a solid state drive. The patent application was originally filed on March 13, 2014.
About NGD Systems, Inc.
NGD Systems (formerly known as NxGn Data, Inc.) focuses on the next generation of Intelligent SSD Solutions. With a vision of moving computation to data, the company is creating a converged platform delivering both enterprise class SSD storage sub-system and taking the concept of “compute to data” efficiently and cost effectively. The company holds a number of patents in key areas and was founded in 2013 by SSD industry veterans with more than 100 years of SSD experience. In their various executive roles in the past, the founders have helped drive and shape the storage industry during a period of rapid growth and expansion. The company is based in Irvine, Calif.
