The Head-Disk Interface Roadmap to an Areal Density of Tbit/in2

This paper reviews the state of the head-disk interface (HDI) technology, and more particularly the head-medium spacing (HMS), for today’s and future hard-disk drives. Current storage areal density on a disk surface is fast approaching the one terabit per square inch mark, although the compound annu...

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Main Authors: Bruno Marchon, Thomas Pitchford, Yiao-Tee Hsia, Sunita Gangopadhyay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Advances in Tribology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/521086