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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Hgst Netherlands B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Mohammed Ghiath Khatib, San Jose, CA (US);
Damien Cyril Daniel Le Moal, Tokyo, JP;
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and firmware for power control of data storage devices are provided herein. In one example, a data storage device is presented. The data storage device includes a storage control system to identify a power threshold for the data storage device. The data storage device determines power consumption characteristics for the data storage device and enters into a power controlled mode for the data storage device that adjusts at least a storage transaction queue depth in the data storage device to establish the power consumption characteristics as below the power threshold for the data storage device.