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MALINA JAMES N
US46 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
35 patentsUS10969965B2Apr 6, 2021
Dynamic performance density tuning for data storage device
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC30 citations94
US9836232B1Dec 5, 2017
Data storage device and method for using secondary non-volatile memory for temporary metadata storage
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC45 citations94
US8959281B1Feb 17, 2015
Data management for a storage device
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC35 citations94
US10126981B1Nov 13, 2018
Tiered storage using storage class memory
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC28 citations93
US9864529B1Jan 9, 2018
Host compatibility for host managed storage media
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC29 citations93
US8699185B1Apr 15, 2014
Disk drive defining guard bands to support zone sequentiality when butterfly writing shingled data tracks
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC85 citations93
US9311939B1Apr 12, 2016
Write-through media caching
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC44 citations89
US9639287B1May 2, 2017
Write command reporting
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC13 citations83
US9621653B2Apr 11, 2017
Method and apparatus for a network connected storage system
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC9 citations82
US9857995B1Jan 2, 2018
Data storage device and method providing non-volatile memory buffer for real-time primary non-volatile memory protection
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC11 citations79
US9383923B1Jul 5, 2016
Write pointer management for a disk drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC17 citations79
US11688420B2Jun 27, 2023
Hybrid dedicated and dynamic servo for tape
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations74
US11386925B2Jul 12, 2022
Data storage device compensating for head/tape wear
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US10528265B1Jan 7, 2020
Write latency reduction
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US10374634B2Aug 6, 2019
Read tail latency reduction
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations73
US10289547B2May 14, 2019
Method and apparatus for a network connected storage system
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations73
US9477681B2Oct 25, 2016
File management among different zones of storage media
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations73
US10761777B2Sep 1, 2020
Tiered storage using storage class memory
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations72
US10282130B2May 7, 2019
Coherency of data in data relocation
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations72
US9720627B2Aug 1, 2017
Data management for a data storage device
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations72
US10089023B2Oct 2, 2018
Data management for object based storage
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations64
US11776572B2Oct 3, 2023
Magnetic tape having alternating sections for use in ultra-high areal density tape storage systems
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US11514938B2Nov 29, 2022
Data storage device reducing wake latency for magnetic tape
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US11373682B2Jun 28, 2022
Data storage device reading data from magnetic tape in forward and reverse direction
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US9501393B2Nov 22, 2016
Data storage system garbage collection based on at least one attribute
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations62
US10887393B2Jan 5, 2021
Data storage device with embedded software
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations61
US11178226B2Nov 16, 2021
Integrated erasure coding for data storage and transmission
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations60
US12176000B2Dec 24, 2024
Data storage library magnetic disk retain and exchange system
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
US12033664B2Jul 9, 2024
TDS mitigation using different data preamble tones
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
US9257143B1Feb 9, 2016
Precautionary measures for data storage device environmental conditions
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations52
US9117482B1Aug 25, 2015
Hybrid drive changing power mode of disk channel when frequency of write data exceeds a threshold
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
US10587689B2Mar 10, 2020
Data storage device with embedded software
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations51
US10248362B2Apr 2, 2019
Data management for a data storage device
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations51
US10609338B1Mar 31, 2020
Surveillance systems and methods thereof
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations42
US10372344B2Aug 6, 2019
Read tail latency reduction
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations42
MALINA JAMES N
6 patentsUS8670205B1Mar 11, 2014
Hybrid drive changing power mode of disk channel when frequency of write data exceeds a threshold
MALINA JAMES N143 citations98
US9128820B1Sep 8, 2015
File management among different zones of storage media
MALINA JAMES N45 citations97
US8699159B1Apr 15, 2014
Reducing effects of wide area track erasure in a disk drive
MALINA JAMES N138 citations97
US8554741B1Oct 8, 2013
Timeline application for log structured storage devices
MALINA JAMES N140 citations97
US8749905B1Jun 10, 2014
Defect scanning for a disk drive
MALINA JAMES N9 citations84
US9159276B2Oct 13, 2015
Method for creating bit planes using a digital signal processor and double index addressing direct memory access
MALINA JAMES N0 citations34