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MALINA JAMES N

US46 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC

35 patents
US10969965B2Apr 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 patents

CHAMPION ERIC J

1 patent

WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC

1 patent

DUNCAN WALTER M

1 patent

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC

1 patent

MEHRL DAVID JOSEPH

1 patent