Patent ID: 8804258
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A hard disk controller comprising: a data channel configured to read data from a physical storage medium; a parallel data bus; a test interface configured to (i) communicate with the data channel over the parallel data bus, and (ii) communicate with a testing equipment over a serial data link, wherein data read from the physical storage medium is transferred from the data channel to the testing equipment via (i) the parallel data bus, (ii) the test interface, and (iii) the serial data link, wherein each of the testing equipment and the serial data link is external to the hard disk controller; and a host interface configured to (i) communicate with the data channel over the parallel data bus, and (ii) communicate with a host device that is external to the hard disk controller, wherein the host interface is different from the test interface.