Western Digital was granted a patent for faster multi-access data storage.

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    "patent_title": "Multi-access data storage device with equalization of data rate",
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    "uspto_assignee": "WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.",
    "patent_abstract": "Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device, method, and one or more processing devices that are configured to perform a read operation by: concurrently reading first data from a first band of tracks on one or more disk surfaces and second data from a second band of tracks on the one or more disk surfaces; and combining the first data and the second data into a digital output of the read operation, wherein the reading the first data comprises moving a first one of two or more selected heads in a first radial direction of the one or more disk surfaces, and wherein the reading the second data comprises moving a second one of the two or more selected heads in a second radial direction of the one or more disk surfaces opposite the first radial direction.",
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