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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ross John Stenfort, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/22 (2013.01); G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for reducing a rate of data transfer to at least a portion of memory. In operation, a rate of degradation of at least a portion of memory associated with a drive is determined. Furthermore, a rate of data transfer to the at least a portion of the memory is reduced, based on the determined rate of degradation.