Calimetrics: The Next Step in Optical Data Storage

Tom Burke, Chairman, Calimetrics, Inc. 815 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 105, Alameda CA 94501 Tel: +1-510-864-4100 Fax: +1- 510-864-4188 [email protected]

Presented at the THIC Meeting at the Sheraton Barcelo Annapolis MD 21401-3094 May 8, 2001 Calimetrics: The Next Step in Optical Data Storage

Tom Burke, Chairman, Calimetrics, Inc. 815 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 105, Alameda CA 94501 Tel: +1-510-864-4100 Fax: +1- 510-864-4188 [email protected] THIC Meeting, May 8, 2001, Annapolis MD Brought to you by Calimetrics, TDK, and the ML Alliance

INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS

DRIVES MEDIA MULTILEVEL

…and growing! Vision

• Calimetrics’ Vision

Enabling Faster-Bigger-Cheaper Digital Data Storage and Transmission for Legacy Systems Using MultiLevel and Related Technologies

• ML Alliance Vision

Creating Compelling New Products Harnessing ML Technology for the CD/Optical Data Storage Industry Calimetrics’ Mission

Calimetrics is the unique supplier of low cost, high capacity and high speed enhancements for Optical Data Storage and Communications Systems Calimetrics Background

• Founded 1994 – MultiLevel Recording and Related Technology for Optical Data Storage – Original research conducted at UC Berkeley, 1989-94 • Recipient of 2 NIST Advanced Technology Program Awards – 1995-97: ML CD-ROM – 1997-2001: NSIC MORE Joint Venture for ML + NF • 1998-99: Corporate R&D Program – ML CD-R/RW Proof of Concept and Feasibility • 2000-01: Commercialization Partnerships – TDK, Mitsubishi Chemical, Sanyo, , Yamaha, Unnamed Partner • Well-Funded with Strong Partnerships Bringing Products to Market Calimetrics’ Key Enablers

Team World class optical research and development team of 55 (14 Ph.D.’s) Unequaled “know-how” in optical: ROM, WORM, Re-Writable technology Committed, experienced management team Technology Proprietary Optical Recording and Signal Processing Technology Optical Media “Know How” Technological “Head Room” to Create Further Innovations, Next Generations Complementary To the Industry’s Technology Roadmap IP Portfolio Total of 64 Patents/Patents Pending that Calimetrics owns/exclusively licenses Plus 104 Invention Disclosures in patent application process, all covering: •MultiLevel Recording and Signal Processing •MultiLevel/M…ary Coding Technology •Near Field Recording Technology and Related Technologies CD and DVD Potential Market

CD/DVD UNIT SHIPMENTS CD/DVD REVENUES $ 15 200 million Billion units

175 million R $ 13 VC al t Billion CR units nti en l V t te em ia n Po ac Cs nt e Cs pl r P te em P Re fo o ac or VD P pl D f $ 8.5 le D Re DV itab le Billion ewr udio 115 million tab io` R Cs, a ri ud for P units ew s, a -RW R PC CD for -RW CD $ 7Billion 95 million units CD-ROM/DVD-ROM for PCs CD-ROM/DVD-ROM for PCs

1998 2002E 1998 2002E Sources: IDC, Strategic Marketing Decisions, Disk/Trend, Wall Street Journal The ML Proposition

Triple Capacity & Speed At Low Cost MULTILEVEL RECORDING TECHNOLOGY

ML CD-Enabled PC Product

Near Line Storage

CD/DVD ROM

Floppy Drive CD R/RW with ML 2GB at 36X Write Speed Fully Backward Compatible All Removable Functions Standard PC Combined In One Drive Calimetrics Technology

Triple Speed & Triple Density Resulting From a Propriety Recording Format. – Propriety Modulation Code makes maximum Use of the Disc Surface – Technique Enables 8 Reflectivity Levels for Recorded Marks – Reading Results in an Analog Signal Representing the 8 Levels – Propriety Decoder converts these 8 Levels to 2.5 User Bits/ Mark

tmin

Writable Shades of Gray

ROM Pit Depth 1 2 3 4 . . . M t ML media line up

120mm=2GB

80mm=650MB

60mm=200MB

TDK e-material solution provider 120 MM Product Extension 80mm “Post-PC”Applications New 60mm Format ML Video Applications

60m m M L 80m m M L 120m m M L D isk C a paci ty ( M B ) 200. 0 6 50. 0 2 000. 0 D V D V ideo ( 4 . 7 M bps ) m in 5. 7 18. 4 5 6. 7 D V D V ideo ( 4 . 7 M bps ) hr 0. 1 0 . 3 0. 9 V C D M P E G -1 ( 1 . 35M bps ) m in 19. 8 64. 2 1 97. 5 V C D M P E G -1 ( 1 . 35M bps ) hr 0. 3 1. 1 3 . 3 SVC D M PEG -2 ( 2 .6 M b p s ) m in 10. 3 33. 3 102. 6 S V C D M P E G -2 ( 2 . 6 M bps ) hr 0. 2 0 . 6 1. 7 M P E G -4 ( 256 K bps ) Q C IF V C m in 104. 2 3 38. 5 1041. 7 M P E G -4 ( 256 K bps ) Q C IF V C hr 1. 7 5. 6 1 7. 4 M P E G -4 ( 384 K bps ) Q C IF V C m in 69. 4 2 25. 7 6 94. 4 M P E G -4 ( 384 K bps ) Q C IF V C hr 1 .2 3 .8 1 1 .6 M P E G -4 ( 512 K bps ) C IF N ear -V H S m in 52. 1 169. 3 5 20. 8 M P E G -4 ( 512 K bps ) C IF N ear -V H S hr 0. 9 2 . 8 8. 7 M P E G -4 ( 768 K bps ) C IF V H S m in 34. 7 112. 8 3 47. 2 M P E G -4 ( 768 K bps ) C IF V H S hr 0. 6 1. 9 5 . 8 M PEG -4 ( 1 M b p s ) C C IR VH S+ m in 26. 1 84. 6 2 60. 4 M PEG -4 ( 1 M b p s ) C C IR VH S+ h r 0 .5 1. 4 4 . 3 M P E G -4 ( 3 M b p s ) CCI R Ne a r DV D m in 8. 9 28. 9 88. 9 M P E G -4 ( 3 M b p s ) CCI R Ne a r DV D h r 0 . 1 0 . 5 1. 5 ML Audio Applications

60mm ML 80mm ML 120mm ML Disk Capacity (MB) 200.0 650.0 2000.0

CD Audio (WAV) min 19.8 74.0 197.5 CD Audio (WAV) hr 0.3 1.2 3.3

High Quality MP3 (192Kbps) min 138.9 451.4 1388.9 High Quality MP3 (192Kbps) hr 2.3 7.5 23.1 High Quality MP3 (192Kbps) days 0.1 0.3 1.0

Mid Quality MP3 (128Kbps) min 208.3 677.1 2083.3 Mid Quality MP3 (128Kbps) hr 3.5 11.3 34.7 Mid Quality MP3 (128Kbps) days 0.1 0.5 1.4

Low Quality MP3 (64Kbps) min 416.7 1354.2 4166.7 Low Quality MP3 (64Kbps) hr 6.9 22.6 69.4 Low Quality MP3 (64Kbps) days 0.3 0.9 2.9 CD-R/RWCD-R/RW SystemSystem

Disc CD/CD-ROM Focus CD/CD-ROM Motor Tracking Decoder Feed ATIP Decoder Motor ATIP Demodulator Digital Servo TO SCSI Audio DAC ATAPI Write Strategy Driver Driver SCSI/ATAPI LB11975 LA6544M/ LC898023K/93K/98Burn Proof H

MICRO MEMORY LC68Fxxxx(32bit) 16/64MDRAM ML&CD-R/RWML&CD-R/RW DRIVEDRIVE(1)(1)

CD-R/RW + ML(2GB) SYSTEM Disk -CD/CDROM Encoder -CD/CDROM Decoder CD/CDROM/CD-R/CD-RW Pick -ATIP Motor RF AMP UP -HOST I/F(ATAPI) ML READ/WRITE -Write Strategy -Digital Servo HOST LC89XXML Interface -Burn Proof (ATAPI) Driver -ML-interface SANYO LC898040

MICRO 16M/64M DRAM ML&CD-R/RWML&CD-R/RW DRIVEDRIVE(2)(2)

CD-R/RW + ML(2GB) SYSTEM Disk -CD/CDROM Encoder -CD/CDROM Decoder CD/CDROM/CD-R/CD-RW Pick -ATIP Motor RF AMP UP -HOST I/F(ATAPI) -Write Strategy -Digital Servo HOST Interface -Burn Proof (ATAPI) Driver -ML READ/WRITE

SANYO LC8980XX

MICRO 16M/64M DRAM ML&CD-R/RW+DVD-ROMML&CD-R/RW+DVD-ROM DRIVEDRIVE(1)(1) COMBO + ML(2GB) SYSTEM

Disk -DVD Decoder -CD Encoder/ Decoder -CDROM Encoder/ CD/CDROM/CD-R/CD-RW Pick Decoder Motor /DVD RF AMP UP -ATIP ML READ/WRITE -HOST I/F(ATAPI) -Write Strategy HOST LC89XXML Interface -Digital Servo (ATAPI) Driver -16MDRAM(MCP) -Burn Proof SANYO -ML-interface LC898010

MICRO ML&CD-R/RW+DVD-ROMML&CD-R/RW+DVD-ROM DRIVEDRIVE(2)(2) COMBO + ML(2GB) SYSTEM

Disk -DVD Decoder -CD Encoder/ Decoder -CDROM Encoder/ CD/CDROM/CD-R/CD-RW Pick Decoder Motor /DVD RF AMP UP -ATIP -HOST I/F(ATAPI) -Write Strategy HOST Interface -Digital Servo (ATAPI) Driver -16MDRAM(MCP) -Burn Proof -ML READ/WRITE SANYO LC8980YY

MICRO MLML READERREADER DRIVEDRIVE(1)(1)

Disk -CD/CDROM Decoder CD RF AMP -Digital Servo Pick LA9246 Motor MP3 UP WMA ML READ SANYO LC89ZZML LC8980AA Decoder Driver

Audio output MICRO MLML READERREADER DRIVEDRIVE(2)(2)

Disk -CD/CDROM Decoder CD RF AMP -Digital Servo Pick LA9246 -ML READ Motor UP -MP3&WMA Decoder SANYO Audio LC8980BB output Driver

MICRO Market Launch Status

! Completed Concept/Feasibility Phase Ahead of Schedule ! ML Chip is now under Development - Expected Q3 2001 ! TDK, MCC, Plextor, & Sanyo Engaged in Joint Development ! Yamaha, Sanyo Drive Division & Unnamed Co. Joined Alliance ! CDR and CDRW Media Being Tested at 36X and 24X ! Product on Plan for Q4 Release Futures

• ML Will be Applied to Future CD Products: – Combi Recorders – High Performance CAV Drives • ML Extends the Performance of DVD and Blue Laser Products – 25 to 50 Gigabytes – New Codes – New Media • ML Applied to Optical Communications – Enhances and Extends Error correction and Transmission Speeds • AND…Calimetrics Near Field Will Add an Additional Multiplier Double Density DVDRW

Double Density Standard 9.4GB on 120mm DVDRW Drive ML DVDRW Standard Platform 4.7GB DVDRW

Calimetrics Proprietary ML DVD Write Double Density Strategy 650MB on 60mm ML DVDRW

Calimetrics 3bits/mark Turbo code Over 20GB/side Blue DVDRW

Experimental Blue Pulstec Blue Tester Platform DVDRW media 0.65NA 0.6 mm substrate 405nm laser 0.4 to 0.45um TP L/G Recording Over 20GB/side Calimetrics Proprietary ML Blue DVD Write capacity Strategy 220 to 245nm ML cells 3.5 to 6m/s write and read

Calimetrics 2.5bits/mark code 2.8 and 3bits/mark codes in development NF Media: 2X DVD Track Density

What NF media is:

" Hemi-cylinder nano-optics in

spiral track replace land and

650 nm groove in an otherwise normal

NA 0.6 polycarbonate substrate

" Cylinders are mastered, replicated, and coated with conventional DVD equipment

Embossed Polycarbonate " Cylinders are first layer in quadrilayer phase change stack, T iO 2 RW and are typically ZnS:SiO2, TiO2, PC or other high index dielectric ← 1 µ m → How NF media works:

" Cylinders are 1/2 the DVD track pitch. Cylinders work with DVD objective to produce high N.A.in media, with resulting high intensity focused spot and small mark.

" Adjacent cylinders reject much of the laser overspill, a form of “optical isolation”.

" Height modulation between cylinders provides normal TES and reduced cross-talk 0.37 Micron Titania Cylinders Viewed at 100x

1.4 NA, 786 nm laser Marks Left: In hemi-cylinder track area; Right: Same media, in area with no micro-optics. Smallest spot in this area (of power vs. pulse matrix) is 1 micron in diameter. Vertical stripes in both are printing artifact. White circles are equal magnification. Technology Roadmap

2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 Calimetrics

ML-DVD±RW ML-DVD± RW ML-DVD±RW ML-DVD± RW • 25 GB • 50 GB • 100 GB • 250 GB • 44 Mbits/sec • 66 Mbits/sec • 100 Mbits/sec • 200 Mbits/sec write speed write speed write speed write speed Industry Base

DVD ± R/W DVD± R/W DVD± R/W DVD± R/W • 1 x • 2x • 5x • 10x • 4.7GB • 10 GB • 20 GB • 50 GB • 22 Mbits/sec • 33 Mbits/sec • 50Mbits/sec • 100 Mbits/sec write speed write speed write speed write speed Brought to you by Calimetrics, TDK, and the ML Alliance

INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS

DRIVES MEDIA MULTILEVEL

…and growing!