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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2025
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Watanabe, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Matsuyama, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic disk includes areas to which unique addresses are respectively assigned. A memory is configured to store unprocessed commands. A controller is configured to store, in the memory, a database of a tree-shaped structure. The structure includes a plurality of nodes respectively associated with a plurality of addresses respectively specified by a plurality of unprocessed commands. Two of the plurality of nodes are associated with each other. The controller is further configured to select, of the plurality of unprocessed commands, either a command associated with an address larger than and closest to a start address or a command associated with an address smaller than and closest to the start address as a candidate command to be executed next.
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