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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2024
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Shubhi Khanna, Bangalore, IN;
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: send a first command to a non-volatile memory in response to determining that a seek time associated with a seek operation exceeds a threshold; and send a second command to the non-volatile memory at or before an end of the seek operation, wherein the non-volatile memory is configured to begin performing a pre-erase operation of one or more blocks in the non-volatile memory in response to receiving the first command, and the non-volatile memory is configured to cease performing the pre-erase operation in response to receiving the second command.
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