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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2014
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Timothy J. McCabe, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Edwin D. Barnes, Lake Forest, CA (US);
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A data storage system including memory configured to store content, a host configured to determine time to next data information based on the content stored in the memory, and a data storage device including a controller. The controller can be configured to receive the time to next data information from the host, select a power mode for the data storage device from a plurality of power modes for the data storage device based on the time to next data information, and place the data storage device in the selected power mode. The host can be configured to transmit the time to next data information to the data storage device.