Netlist provides high-performance SSDs and modular memory subsystems to enterprise customers in diverse industries. Flagship products NVvault and EXPRESSvault enable customers to accelerate data in their servers and storage and reliably protect enterprise-level cache, metadata and log data in the event of a system failure or power outage. HybriDIMM, Netlist’s next-generation storage class memory product, addresses the growing need for real-time analytics in Big Data applications, in-memory databases, high-performance computing and advanced data storage solutions. Netlist also manufactures and provides a line of specialty and legacy memory products to storage customers, appliance customers, system builders and cloud and datacenter customers. Netlist holds a portfolio of patents, many seminal, in the areas of hybrid memory, storage class memory, rank multiplication and load reduction.
$$$$ Netlist and SK hynix Enter into Strategic Agreements for Patents, Technology and Product Supply $$$$ (04/05/21)
C.K. Hong, Netlist’s Chief Executive Officer said, “We are delighted with the recognition of the value of Netlist’s intellectual property and very much look forward to partnering with SK hynix, a global leader in memory and storage technology.” The agreements provide SK hynix with access to Netlist’s portfolio of U.S. and foreign patents. Netlist will receive a royalty from SK hynix, a cross license to SK hynix’s patent portfolio and supply of SK hynix’s memory and storage products. The companies also plan to collaborate on Netlist’s HD CXL technology for future commercialization. Netlist and SK hynix have agreed to end all pending matters in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas and the Patent Trial and Appeals Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.