Special issue: Advances in data storage systems and technology

International Journal of Product Development 5(3/4) 2008

• Perspective of read heads for ultra-high recording densities and associated noise issues
• Perpendicular magnetic recording write head design
• A review of L10 FePt films for high-density magnetic recording
• Fabrication of FePt/M (M = C, Ag, Si) nanoparticulate thin films with perpendicular anisotropy
• Design optimisation of sub-5 nm Head-Disk Interfaces using a two-degree-of-freedom dynamic contact model with friction
• Slider-disk clearance characterisation and optimisation for high-reliability magnetic hard disk drives
• Flying height adjustment technologies for high-density magnetic recording
• Ultrathin carbon coatings for magnetic storage technology
• Chemical-modification approach for the near contact regime
• Head wear reduction in future hard-disk drives
• New approaches to in-contact recording system for high-density recording
• Flying height calibration with bump disk
• Flow-induced vibration in Hard Disk Drives
• Optimal precompensation for nonlinearities in longitudinal magnetic recording using dynamic programming
• Timing recovery in data storage systems: framework and approach of Kalman filtering
• R&D activity trend on optical storage technology