[Tfug] A/V drives

[Bexley Hall]

Seasoned Greetings!

A/V drives eeked out a bit more performance (actually,
I suspect it was *determinism* and not raw performance)
by defering/omitting recalibration activities.

OK, I can understand the value of that.  But, if it can
be defered/omitted, then why can't *all* drives do this
(i.e., how do A/V drives achieve thermal stability if
they don't rely on this?  do they trade data integrity
for access time?  or, do they count on low duty cycles?)

I'm just trying to wrap my head around the tradeoff
they are making...

Thx,
--don