This text explains how hard disk drives operate, how billions of bytes of digital information are stored and
accessed, and where the technology is going. In particular, the book emphasizes the most fundamental principles
of magnetic information storage, including in-depth knowledge of both magnetics and signal processing methods.
Magnetic Information Storage Technology contains many graphic illustrations and an introduction of alternative
storage technologies, such as optic disk recording, holographic recording, semiconductor flash memory, and magnetic
random access memory.
* Provides the fundamentals of magnetic information storage and contrasts it with a comparison of alternative storage
technologies
* Addresses the subject at the materials, device and system levels
* Addresses the needs of the multi-billion-dollar-a year magnetic recording and information storage industry
* Emphasizes both theoretical and experimental concepts
* Condenses current knowledge on magnetic information storage technology into one self-contained volume
* Suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as seasoned researchers, engineers and professionals
in data and information storage fields