Patent ID: 8705194

Claim:
A system comprising: a management module configured to transfer a first sector of data and a second sector of data between (i) an interface or a memory and (ii) a plurality of ports, wherein the interface is connected to a host, wherein the plurality of ports comprise a first port and a second port, and wherein the management module is configured to transfer a first portion of the first sector of data to or from the first port while transferring to or from the second port either (i) a second portion of the first sector of data, or (ii) a first portion of the second sector of data; a first channel module configured to read from or write to a first surface of a disk via a first head by transferring the first portion of the first sector of data to or from a first amplifier module; and a second channel module configured to, while the first channel module transfers the first portion of the first sector of data to or from the first amplifier module, read from or write to a second surface of the disk via a second head by transferring to or from a second amplifier module either (i) the second portion of the first sector of data, or (ii) the first portion of the second sector of data.