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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2013
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark Allen Gaertner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Jon Trantham, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Vidya Krishnamurthy, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Steve Faulhaber, Bloomington, MN (US);
Yong Yang, Edina, MN (US);
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Torn write mitigation circuitry determines if a write operation to memory is in progress at or about a time of power loss. In response to the write operation being in progress at or about the time of the power loss, the torn write mitigation circuitry causes torn write data and metadata to be stored to a non-volatile cache. The torn write data comprise data left in a degraded or uncorrectable state as a result of the loss of power. The metadata describe the torn write data.