Flash Memory Experts Discuss Alleged Intellectual Property Infringement

This case involves a prominent manufacturer of flash memory devices in Kentucky which claimed that a proprietary memory controller system it developed had been directly copied by a domestic competitor. The memory controller system was designed with a novel architecture that greatly improved performance, as well as providing an enhanced degree of security in memory systems that used the architecture. The competing firm released a number of flash memory products that shared similar performance characteristics with the plaintiff firm’s products after the latter had been on the market for several months.

Question(s) For Expert Witness

1. Are you a professor, responsible for teaching students about flash memory controllers, wear leveling, and flash memory error correction.?

Expert Witness Response E-017495

This case is right in my area of expertise and I am glad to assist. I am a Professor of Computer Science and of Electrical and Computer Engineering at a major university. I am responsible for teaching ECE 402, Advanced Memory Systems, which covers flash memory controllers, FTL implementations, garbage collection, wear leveling, and ECC for flash memories. I also do research in architecting non-volatile memories, which includes Flash. I am an expert in architecting non-volatile memory technologies. Prior to my faculty appointment, I was a researcher in the Computer Architecture Group at Microsoft Research, where I and my colleagues pioneered the use of phase-change memory as a DRAM replacement in the data center. My research has earned multiple awards and recognition.