Inventor
THELIN GREGORY B
US28 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
19 patentsUS7120737B1Oct 10, 2006
Disk drive employing a disk command data structure for tracking a write verify status of a write command
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC188 citations99
US7114029B1Sep 26, 2006
Disk drive employing a multi-phase rotational position optimization (RPO) algorithm
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC148 citations99
US7088545B1Aug 8, 2006
Disk drive decreasing head temperature to increase fly-height during seek operation
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC174 citations99
US7076604B1Jul 11, 2006
Disk drive employing a disk command data structure for tracking a write verify status of a write command
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC196 citations99
US7024614B1Apr 4, 2006
Disk drive employing a configuration data structure comprising a plurality of configuration parameters to facilitate disk commands
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC162 citations99
US6854022B1Feb 8, 2005
Disk drive using rotational position optimization algorithm to facilitate write verify operations
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC203 citations99
US6654193B1Nov 25, 2003
Disk drive for relocating a block of data sectors near a defective servo sector to expedite write operations
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC157 citations99
US7436610B1Oct 14, 2008
Disk drive employing different zone boundaries across disk surfaces
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC146 citations98
US7330323B1Feb 12, 2008
Disk drive determining a head-switch preheat period used to format a disk
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC155 citations98
US7088538B1Aug 8, 2006
Adaptively estimating a read access time to a second track based upon the binned radial position of the second track within a rotating media storage device
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC139 citations98
US6845405B1Jan 18, 2005
Disk drive executing part of a linked disk command
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC149 citations98
US6711628B1Mar 23, 2004
Disk drive aborting a write command before a last target sector reached if an abnormal condition detected and selecting a second command according to a rotational positioning optimization algorithm
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC146 citations98
US6606714B1Aug 12, 2003
Disk drive using defect list to perform uninterrupted writing of non-relocated data blocks and caching of relocated data blocks for deferred writing
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC148 citations98
US6965966B1Nov 15, 2005
Disk drive pre-computing seek parameters for a continuation track and a next command to facilitate continuing a read-ahead or aborting the read-ahead
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC139 citations97
US7082494B1Jul 25, 2006
Disk drive executing a preemptive multitasking operating system comprising tasks of varying priority
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC200 citations96
US6961814B1Nov 1, 2005
Disk drive maintaining a cache link attribute for each of a plurality of allocation states
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC149 citations96
US6910099B1Jun 21, 2005
Disk drive adjusting read-ahead to optimize cache memory allocation
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC148 citations96
US11200911B1Dec 14, 2021
Data storage device employing partial codeword writes to magnetic media
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations71
US11657847B1May 23, 2023
Dynamic track interference write counting for magnetic disks
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations47
SANDISK CORP
5 patentsUS6850443B2Feb 1, 2005
Wear leveling techniques for flash EEPROM systems
SANDISK CORP424 citations99
US6594183B1Jul 15, 2003
Wear leveling techniques for flash EEPROM systems
SANDISK CORP409 citations99
US6230233B1May 8, 2001
Wear leveling techniques for flash EEPROM systems
SANDISK CORP824 citations99
US6081447AJun 27, 2000
Wear leveling techniques for flash EEPROM systems
SANDISK CORP516 citations99
US7353325B2Apr 1, 2008
Wear leveling techniques for flash EEPROM systems
SANDISK CORP68 citations98