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Method and system of reading and writing data by a disk drive apparatus

US6654852B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 29, 2001
Grant dateNov 25, 2003
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0676
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention includes a method of reading and writing data on a recording medium, and a system including a disk drive apparatus and a disk drive apparatus controller. According to the method of the present invention, data can be read in the middle of a plurality of write commands provided that the addresses of the read/write data locations do not overlap. This method and system results in improved read/write times.

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