Patent ID: 7171512
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A highly parallel data storage chip device comprising: a data storage medium providing foundation for a plurality of parallel data tracks having the same length, each presenting a first and second end and a material for receiving data therebewteen, the plurality of data tracks, when established, allocated into separate physical groups; at least one servo track parallel to the data tracks and presenting tracking information for a logical group of data tracks selected from multiple physical groups; a plurality of read/write devices proximate to the data storage medium and aligned transverse to the servo track; movers configured to provide relative horizontal motion between the plurality of read/write devices and the data storage medium; a controller capable of establishing the logical group corresponding to the servo track and operating the mover over a pathway including the servo track; the controller being operable during a data transfer operation to align a read/write device with a servo track and align a subset of read/write devices to the logical group of data tracks corresponding to the tracking information, the controller further directing simultaneous data transfer between the subset of read/write devices and the logical group of data tracks concurrent with relative motion.