Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

Yen Ming Huang

Anil Sareen

Sanwu Tan

Systems and methods are disclosed managing power and/or temperature in a data storage system. A hybrid data storage device comprises a disk component and a non-volatile semiconductor memory component. The data storage device further comprises a temperature sensor and a controller configured to receive a temperature signal from the temperature sensor indicating a temperature of at least a portion of the data storage device and, when the temperature is determined to be greater than a first temperature, manage power to the semiconductor memory according to a first power throttling state.

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Irvine, CA, United States of America

Yen Ming Huang