Patent ID: 7075744
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of managing power consumption of a disk drive ( 3 ) comprised by an electronic device ( 600 ), the electronic device further comprising a buffer memory ( 10 ) and a host processor ( 8 ); the disk drive comprising a disk memory ( characterized in that the method further comprises the following steps: a) determining a period of time to lapse from the moment the data requested is loaded into the buffer until the data read into the buffer in the previous step is processed; b) determining a first amount of power that will be consumed by the disk drive during the period of time when the disk drive is left in the first operating mode during said period of time; c) determining a second amount of power that will be consumed by the disk drive: d) entering the disk drive into the second operating mode when the second amount of power is less than the first amount of power.