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Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2010
Applicants:

Arie L. Krantz, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Kha Nguyen, Anaheim, CA (US);

Gregory T. Elkins, Orange, CA (US);

Inventors:

Arie L. Krantz, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Kha Nguyen, Anaheim, CA (US);

Gregory T. Elkins, Orange, CA (US);

Assignee:

Marvell World Trade, Ltd., St. Michael, BB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A controller for a disk drive including a buffer memory controller and a processor. The buffer memory controller is configured to receive a first write operation and a second write operation in a first order, store the first write operation and the second write operation in a buffer memory, and transfer write data corresponding to the first write operation and the second write operation in a second order that is different than the first order in response to a single command. The processor is configured to arrange the first write operation and the second write operation in the second order and issue the single command according to the second order.


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