This book will take you from basic academic knowledge about magnetics to a proficient understanding of the most recent advances in the technology. This book offers the latest information about disk technology, including: the fundamentals of magnetics, MIG heads, thin film heads, magnetoresistive heads, thin film media, electrical and mechanical integration of these components into a drive, and how to record writing and reading processes magnetically. You'll also learn about giant magnetoresistance, contact recording, and future disk drive industry developments. MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE TECHNOLOGY is an excellent guide for practitioners, researchers, and recent graduate engineers in the field of magnetics.
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Electrical Engineering Magnetic Disk Drive Technology Heads, Media, Channel, Interfaces, and Integration This cutting-edge, applications-oriented book will take you from basic academic knowledge about magnetics to a proficient understanding of the most recent advances in magnetic disk drives used for computer storage. Limiting theory and mathematics to the essentials, Magnetic Disk Drive Technology presents an in-depth and highly illustrated treatment of hands-on engineering practice. The topics covered will be relevant to the disk drive industry well into the next decade:
- Fundamentals of magnetics
- Disk drive magnetic recording
- Ferrite, MIG, and thin film heads
- Magnetoresistive heads
- Thin film media
- Peak detection and PRML recording channels
- Head, media, and channel integration
- Head-disk interface considerations and contact recording approach
- Introduction to GMR, spin-valve sensor, and disk drive arrays
- Future technological trends, and more!
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About the Author Kanu G. Ashar is a consultant and adjunct professor at Santa Clara University, California. Associated with IBM for thirty-four years, he established and managed advanced semiconductor device technology departments at IBM's East Fishkill Laboratory, New York. Later he moved to San Jose and managed magnetic recording groups, which included thin film and MR head projects at IBM Development Laboratory. He accepted an assignment to establish and manage magnetic and optical recording groups at Tokyo Research Laboratory of IBM Japan. He was invited to the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, as a visiting professor where he taught microprocessors and applications. Dr. Ashar has received several patents and is author and co-author of numerous publications in the fields of semiconductor devices and magnetic recording. He has received three patent plateau awards from IBM, and is recipient of the management Excellence Award from IBM Japan.
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The book is simple yet concise in presenting disk drive mechanisms for the layman and does away with excessively complex formulations found in most texts. That's the main reason why I rate it as excellent for newbies to the data storage industry. As for experts, it serves as good instructional material as well as a handy reference. The contents are well-delivered, breaking into different sections for discussion and each chapter ending with references for in-depth reading. While the book attempts to cover the evolution of drive design (e.g. ferrite technology), there is also up-to-date coverage on newer stuff like giant magnetoresistive heads and PRML technology. On the other hand, the disappointing areas are the lack of discussion in mechanical aspects, assembly and perhaps, on the servo and spindle control. In general, this is a helpful book for people interested in basic understanding of a magnetic disk drive. Wish I have this sooner...
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Book was in perfect condition, and delivered promptly. Useful book for anyone wanting a quick overview of hard drives.
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