Inventor
GIBBONS KENT W
US8 patents
Patents
8 patentsUS6795262B1Sep 21, 2004
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Caching data in a high performance zone of a data storage system
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Disk drive biasing refresh zone counters based on write commands
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Adjusting seek current profile on the fly
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Power management for a data storage system
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Method and apparatus for restricting writes to solid state memory when an end-of life condition is reached
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Storage device supporting periodic writes while in a low power mode for an electronic device
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US8972655B2Mar 3, 2015
Initialization of a storage device
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