The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2011
Applicants:
Virgil V. Wilkins, Perris, CA (US);
Robert M. Fallone, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Alan T. Meyer, Anaheim Hills, CA (US);
William B. Boyle, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Inventors:
Virgil V. Wilkins, Perris, CA (US);
Robert M. Fallone, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Alan T. Meyer, Anaheim Hills, CA (US);
William B. Boyle, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/068 (2013.01); G06F 3/0613 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 2212/217 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk, and a non-volatile semiconductor memory (NVSM). Access commands are received from a host including disk read commands. When a high workload of disk access commands is detected, data of at least one disk read command is migrated to the NVSM.