Magnetic Information Storage Technology
A Volume in the ELECTROMAGNETISM Series
- 1st Edition - April 28, 1999
- Latest edition
- Authors: Shan X. Wang, Alex M. Taratorin
- Language: English
This text explains how hard disk drives operate, how billions of bytes of digital information are stored and accessed, and where the technology is going. In particular, the book… Read more
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Description
Description
This text explains how hard disk drives operate, how billions of bytes of digital information are stored and accessed, and where the technology is going. In particular, the book emphasizes the most fundamental principles of magnetic information storage, including in-depth knowledge of both magnetics and signal processing methods. Magnetic Information Storage Technology contains many graphic illustrations and an introduction of alternative storage technologies, such as optic disk recording, holographic recording, semiconductor flash memory, and magnetic random access memory.
Key features
Key features
- Provides the fundamentals of magnetic information storage and contrasts it with a comparison of alternative storage technologies
- Addresses the subject at the materials, device and system levels
- Addresses the needs of the multi-billion-dollar-a year magnetic recording and information storage industry
- Emphasizes both theoretical and experimental concepts
- Condenses current knowledge on magnetic information storage technology into one self-contained volume
- Suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as seasoned researchers, engineers and professionals in data and information storage fields
Readership
Readership
Graduate and upper-level undergraduate students, researchers in the storage industry, entry-level engineers, and professionals interested in information storage
Table of contents
Table of contents
Fundamentals of Inductive Magnetic Head and MediumRead Process in Magnetic RecordingWrite Process in Magnetic RecordingInductive Magnetic ProcessMagnetoresistive HeadsMagnetic Recording MediaChannel Coding and Error CorrectionNoisesNonlinear DistortionsPeak Detection ChannelPRML Channel. Decision Feedback ChannelOff-Track PerformanceHead-Disk Assembly ServoFundamental Limitations of Magnetic RecordingAlternative Information Storage Technologies
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: April 28, 1999
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Shan X. Wang
Affiliations and expertise
The Bloomfield Centre for Research in Aging, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaAT
Alex M. Taratorin
Affiliations and expertise
IBM, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California, U.S.A.View book on ScienceDirect
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