Seagate Technology Incorporated

Christopher Anthony Markey

Jon David Trantham

Mark A Gaertner

Mehmet Fatih Erden

Timothy Ted Walker

Chiaming Yang

Bryan David Wyatt

An application programming interface (API) that enables installation of an application as one or more key-value objects on a data storage drive such as a hard disk drive, a solid state drive or a hybrid drive. The API also enables execution of the application within a controlled environment of the data storage drive.

Active drive API

A read/write head includes two or more first transducers of a first type, the first type selected from a magnetic read transducer and a magnetic write transducer. The read/write head includes one or more switching elements coupled to the two or more first transducers. The switching elements are configured to, in response to a control signal, couple a selected one of the two or more first transducers to a preamplifier circuit and decouple others of the two or more first transducers from the preamplifier circuit.

Read/write head with a switching element coupled to read or write transducers

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Lakeville, MN, United States of America

Christopher Anthony Markey