US 12,093,174 B2
Methods and apparatus for persistent data structures
Vamsikrishna Sadhu, Santa Clara, CA (US); Vinod Kumar Daga, Santa Clara, CA (US); Angel Benedicto Aviles, Jr., San Jose, CA (US); and Tejas Hunsur Krishna, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/102,676.
Application 18/102,676 is a continuation of application No. 16/785,542, filed on Feb. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,567,865.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/956,193, filed on Dec. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176966 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 12/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 12/0646 (2013.01) [G06F 12/0638 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1032 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
storing, in volatile memory, at least a portion of a metadata element of a data structure; and
storing, in persistent memory, at least a portion of a data element of the data structure;
wherein the metadata element comprises a link that initiates from the metadata element and terminates at the data element.