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Parallel data storage device

US7380050B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Curt N. Van Lydegraf · Eagle, US
Tracy Sauerwein · Boise, US
Donald J. Fasen · Boise, US
Richard L. Hilton · Boise, US
Craig Raese · Boise, US
Michael C. Allyn · Boise, US
Charles Smith · East Amherst, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 31, 2005
Grant date	May 27, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C5/025
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A parallel data storage device includes a data storage medium having a first cluster and a second cluster. The first cluster includes a first patch and the second cluster includes a second patch. The parallel data storage device also includes a first reader for reading the first patch of the first cluster and a second reader for reading the second patch of the second cluster. A first multiplexer is used for addressing the first cluster while a second multiplexer is used for addressing the second cluster. The first and second readers are arranged in a single column such that the first reader is electrically connected to the first multiplexer and the second reader is electrically connected to the second multiplexer.

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