Piramanayagam / Chong Developments in Data Storage

Materials Perspective
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-09681-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, E-Book

A timely text on the recent developments in data storage, from a materials perspective
Ever-increasing amounts of data storage on hard disk have been made possible largely due to the immense technological advances in the field of data storage materials. Developments in Data Storage: Materials Perspective covers the recent progress and developments in recording technologies, including the emerging non-volatile memory, which could potentially become storage technologies of the future. Featuring contributions from experts around the globe, this book provides engineers and graduate students in materials science and electrical engineering a solid foundation for grasping the subject.
The book begins with the basics of magnetism and recording technology, setting the stage for the following chapters on existing methods and related research topics. These chapters focus on perpendicular recording media to underscore the current trend of hard disk media; read sensors, with descriptions of their fundamental principles and challenges; and write head, which addresses the advanced concepts for writing data in magnetic recording. Two chapters are devoted to the highly challenging area in hard disk drives of tribology, which deals with reliability, corrosion, and wear-resistance of the head and media.
Next, the book provides an overview of the emerging technologies, such as heat-assisted magnetic recording and bit-patterned media recording. Non-volatile memory has emerged as a promising alternative storage option for certain device applications; two chapters are dedicated to non-volatile memory technologies such as the phase-change and the magnetic random access memories.
With a strong focus on the fundamentals along with an overview of research topics, Developments in Data Storage is an ideal reference for graduate students or beginners in the field of magnetic recording. It also serves as an invaluable reference for future storage technologies including non-volatile memories.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Piramanayagam, S. N.

Chong, Chong Tow

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. Introduction.
2.Fundamentals of Magnetism.
3. Longitudinal Recording Media.
4. Perpendicular Recording Medium.
5. Writer heads - Fundamentals.
6. Magneto-resistive Read Heads: Fundamentals andFunctionality.
7. Read sensors for over 1 Terabits per square inch.
8. Thin film media Lubricants: Structure, Characterization andPerformance.
9. Overcoat Materials for Magnetic Recording Media.
10. Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording.
11. L lo FePt for Magnetic Recording MediaApplications.
12. Patterned Magnetic Recording Media: Progress andProspects.
13. Phase Change Random Access Memory.
14. Non-volatile Solid State Magnetic Memory.

Über Autor(innen)

S. N. Piramanayagam, PhD, is Senior Scientist at the DataStorage Institute, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology andResearch), Singapore. He has twenty years of experience in thefield of magnetic materials. Previously, Dr. Piramanayagam held anadjunct position at the National University of Singapore, where hetaught in the field of magnetic materials for data storage. He haspublished more than 100 papers, delivered invited talks atinternational conferences, and conducted courses at various harddisk companies.
Professor Tow C. Chong is currently the founding provost of theSingapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). He wasexecutive director of the Data Storage Institute from 1988 to 2010while working concurrently as professor in the Department ofElectrical and Computer Engineering at the National University ofSingapore. He is the author or coauthor of more than 300publications in international refereed journals, has presented overtwenty invited talks, and holds more than twenty patents.