Title :
Future trends in hard disk drives
Author :
Grochowski, Edward ; Hoyt, Roger F.
Author_Institution :
IBM Almaden Res. Center, San Jose, CA, USA
fDate :
5/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Magnetic hard disk drives have significantly improved in size, performance and cost due to many technological innovations; including magnetoresistive heads, low noise thin film disks, PRML channels and advanced mechanical actuators and motors. By analyzing specification trends of each new disk drive design, a perspective of this evolution can be developed and design characteristics of future disk drives can be estimated
Keywords :
hard discs; technological forecasting; PRML channels; cost; design; form factor; future trends; low noise thin film disks; magnetic hard disk drives; magnetoresistive heads; mechanical actuators; motors; Actuators; Costs; Disk drives; Hard disks; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic films; Magnetic heads; Magnetic noise; Magnetoresistance; Technological innovation;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
