Millipede-a highly-parallel dense scanning-probe-based data-storage system

Author

Lutwyche, M.I. ; Cross, G. ; Despont, M. ; Drechsler, U. ; Durig, U. ; Haberle, W. ; Rothuizen, H. ; Stutz, R. ; Widmer, R. ; Binnig, G.K. ; Vettiger, P.

Author_Institution

IBM Zurich Res. Lab., Ruschlikon, Switzerland

fYear

2000

fDate

9-9 Feb. 2000

Firstpage

126

Lastpage

127

Abstract

The magnetic hard disk drive (HDD) has become the most important form of data storage. This paper discusses an alternative storage approach using scanning probe techniques (SPT) and a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) storage medium. Five parameters are important for a data storage system: areal density, data rate, access time, error rate, and reliability. Research results indicate that SPT-based storage systems could compete with HDD technology in these areas especially in the emerging field of small-form-factor devices for mobile applications.

Keywords

VLSI; digital storage; micromechanical devices; nanotechnology; Millipede; SPT-based storage systems; access time; areal density; data rate; error rate; highly-parallel dense scanning-probe-based data-storage system; polymethylmethacrylate storage medium; reliability; small-form-factor devices; thermomechanical storage; Hard disks; Laboratories; Memory; Polymers; Probes; Resistors; Semiconductor device measurement; Silicon; Substrates; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2000. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2000 IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

0193-6530

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5853-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCC.2000.839716

Filename

839716