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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2007
Thomas Albrecht, San Jose, CA (US);
Theodore Antonakopoulos, Patras, GR;
Giovanni Cherubinni, Rueschlikon, CH;
Ajay Dholakia, Gattikon, CH;
Evangelos S. Eleftheriou, Zurich, CH;
Charalampos Pozidis, Gattikon, CH;
Thomas Albrecht, San Jose, CA (US);
Theodore Antonakopoulos, Patras, GR;
Giovanni Cherubinni, Rueschlikon, CH;
Ajay Dholakia, Gattikon, CH;
Evangelos S. Eleftheriou, Zurich, CH;
Charalampos Pozidis, Gattikon, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A probe-based data storage device includes a storage surface having an array of A storage fields; a probe array comprising A probes for writing data to respective storage fields; and an apparatus for controlling writing of blocks of user data in the array of storage fields.