Smartphones, tablets and other mobile platforms typically accommodate bulk data storage with low-cost, FAT-formatted Secure Digital cards. When one uses a mobile device to run a f...
Harvey Tuch, Cyprien Laplace, Kenneth C. Barr, Bi ...
Due to the large difference between seek time and transfer time in current disk technology, it is advantageous to perform large I/O using a single sequential access rather than mu...
Large archival storage systems experience long periods of idleness broken up by rare data accesses. In such systems, disks may remain powered off for long periods of time. These s...
Thomas J. E. Schwarz, Qin Xin, Ethan L. Miller, Da...
Flash memory has become a virtually indispensable component for mobile devices in today’s information society. However, conventional testing methods often fail to detect hidden b...
The rise of GPS and broadband-speed wireless devices has led to tremendous excitement about a range of applications broadly characterized as "location based services". Cu...