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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2024
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Zarko Popov, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Andrew Larson, Rochester, MN (US);
Wayne H. Vinson, Longmont, CO (US);
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device, method, and one or more processing devices that are configured to: estimate access times of a plurality of access commands included in a command queue of a disk drive containing the one or more disks; adjust a respective one of the access times of a respective one of the access commands based on the respective one of the access commands satisfying one of one or more conditions that indicate an increased likelihood of performing a pre-heating operation to heat a laser diode associated with a head of the disk drive; and select one of the access commands as a next command for execution in the disk drive based on the access times.