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AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsRonald W. Stence, John P. Hansen
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A data storage system utilizing a non-volatile IC based storage media to reduce data retrieval time. The data storage system includes a non-volatile, non IC based storage system such as e.g. a hard disk. In one example, the non-volatile IC based storage media is implemented with MRAM. In one example, the processor of the storage system determines a seek time between sectors of the hard disk drive allocated to store a file of user data. Based upon the determined seek time, the processor non-volatilely stores a portion (e.g. the leading portion or the trailing portion) of a block of the user data in the MRAM. When the data is being accessed from the hard disk, the processor can provide the data stored in the MRAM while a read/write head moves between the sectors in order to decrease the access time for a file.
A data storage system comprising:
A data storage system comprising:
In a data storage system comprising a first non-volatile data storage media configured to store user data in storage units, a second non-volatile data storage media, and a processor operably coupled to the first and second data storage media to control the storage of data in the first data storage media and the second data storage media, wherein the first data storage media has a first data access time and the second data storage media has a second data access time, the first data access time being significantly greater than the second data access time, a method comprising:
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