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Inside Inside International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association July/August 2000 insideinsidewhat’s The Past May Be Prologue or History 6 May Be Bunk: Reflections on a Perilous 6 Quarter Study of Extremely High-Density 1212 Recording for Disk Drives Recording Data at 40–100 Gbits/in2 DISKCON USA Technical Conference 1616 Sessions Precision Cleaning Process and 3434 Equipment Technology Enabling Continuous Cost Reduction for HDD Manufacturers VEECO Equipment Ad departments 6 Marketplace 8 Larry Storage News 24 Volunteer Spotlight 28 IDEMA President, Larry Eischen Standards Update It will not be very long until the world’s largest 30 technical conference and tradeshow dedicated to the Membership Update data storage industry will arrive in San Jose. Of course ® 41 I’m referring to DISKCON USA, held during the week Industry Calendar of Sept. 18th through the 21st at the San Jose Convention Center in the heart of Silicon Valley. Having 44 recently presented DISKCON events in Singapore and Committee Focus Tokyo, where both had increases from the previous year in the number of exhibitors, IDEMA 48 is already hard at work to make this year’s DISKCON USA the best show ever. Technical Education The key focus for member volunteers working on this year’s event has been enlarging the 50 IDEMA Japan scope and content of the technical conference. In response to the growing requirements of our member employees for more in-depth technology information, product directions, and business perspectives, the technical conference this year offers more sessions than ever before, all infused with fresh new energy. Loaded with richer and more varied content, this articles year’s technical conference will appeal to all of our member employees. Especially noteworthy is a session that provides highlights from the recent IEEE INTERMAG Toronto 6 conference held April 9–13, 2000. If you missed INTERMAG, or want to hear the latest from The Past May Be Prologue or History May Be Bunk: the industry’s foremost magnetic technology experts, then definitely attend this session. The Reflections on a Perilous implementation of sessions running concurrently will also give this year’s attendees the Quarter opportunity to choose from a variety of different sessions, and be able to participate in the ones that best fit their interests. Now the best is even better. I hope you can tell how very 12 excited we are about the upcoming technical conference—others talk about quality, we Study of Extremely High- deliver it. Density Recording for Disk Drives Recording Data at 40–100 Gbits/in2 DISKCON USA, a favorite of executives, leaders, and trendsetters worldwide, will also include all of the main events you’ve come to look forward to, including: 16 DISKCON USA Technical • The 5th annual Mark Geenen Technology for Youth Charity Golf Tournament on Monday. Conference Sessions • The Keynote Dinner on Tuesday evening, featuring Quantum Corporation Chairman and 34 CEO, Michael Brown (please note that this year’s dinner will be held at the Westin Hotel Precision Cleaning Process in Santa Clara). and Equipment Technology • The Exhibition on Wednesday and Thursday, with over 300 exhibitors already signed up. Enabling Continuous Cost Reduction for HDD Manu- • Sixteen different Technical Education Classes offered Monday through Thursday. facturers • Standards Workshops—open to anyone interested in storage standards—held Monday and Tuesday. upcoming features Advanced Materials for Actuators As you can see, DISKCON USA is shaping up to be a real “three-ring circus,” with something Ferroelectric Molecular special for everyone. Mark your calendars now to attend; find out why industry profession- Holographic Optical Storage Nanotechnology als continue to return year after year—you’ll like what you see. Keep an eye out for other information regarding DISKCON spread throughout this issue of INSIGHT; for full event on the cover details, visit the IDEMA website at www.idema.org. Our unending exploration to increase areal density involves creative process improvements. As one looks to the heavens for the answers, the only obvious conclusion can be...it’s all about space. July/August 2000 • INSIGHT 3 INSIGHT Editor IDEMA Staff—U.S. Board of Directors—U.S. Board of Directors—Japan Jeri Burdick, [email protected] President Chairman Chairman 408.330.8107 Larry Eischen Joel Weiss, Ph.D. Tsuneo Suganuma 408.330.8101 Seagate Recording Media Group Hitachi, Ltd. Creative Director Director, Education Vice Chairman/Treasurer Vice Chairman Chris Carrig, [email protected] Sally Bryant, Ed.D. John Kurtzweil Akira Kakehi 408.330.8110 408.330.8106 Read-Rite Corporation Fujitsu, Ltd. Secretary Vice Chairman Director, Services Osmund “Oz” Fundingsland Hiromi Kaminuma Communications Chair Debbie Lee OSF International Toshiba Corporation Wayne Fortun, 408.330.8108 Hutchinson Technology, Inc. Pantelis Alexopoulos, Ph.D. Auditor Administrative Assistant Maxtor Corporation Hideki Harada Adoracion Yanogacio HTA Communications Committee 408.330.8100 Chris H. Bajorek, Ph.D. Komag, Inc. Executive Director Larry Anderson, Komag , Inc. Administrative Coordinator Edward Braun Tatsuo Sugiura Chris Bajorek, Komag, Inc. Lisa Hood Veeco Instruments IDEMA Japan Jay Kimmal, HMT Technology 408.330.8103 Wayne M. Fortun Directors: Don Mounce, Gem City Creative Director/Webmaster Hutchinson Technology, Inc. Kunio Hatanaka Engineering Company Christine Carrig Kobe Steel, Ltd. 408.330.8110 Mark Geenen Don Perettie, ADMAT TRENDFOCUS, Inc. Yuichi Hyakusoku International INSIGHT Editor/Technical Mediken, Inc. Ed Grochowski, Ph.D. Writer IBM Almaden Research Center Youichi Ino Articles Jeri Burdick Anelva Corporation William Harry Article contributions are welcome 408.330.8107 Exclusive Design Company Shun Kaneko and are subject to editing by Finance/Office Manager Iomega Japan Corp. IDEMA. Trudy Gressley Dennis Hill LSI Logic Noboru Kubokawa 408.330.8105 Institute of Information Advertising Program Manager, Standards Brian Nixon Technology, Ltd. Quantum Corporation Advertising is offered to IDEMA Kristen Montan Mikio Matsuzaki corporate members only. Ad 408.330.8109 Don Perettie, Ph.D. TDK Corporation ADMAT International space is available for the Tradeshow Assistant Tadashi Shinohara Sep/Oct issue; ad close is Aug. Aisling Malone Norman H. Pond Hitachi Metals, Ltd. Intevac 5, with materials due Aug. 12. 408.492.1436 Isao Suzuki Editorial calendar and Tradeshow Coordinator James N. Porter HOYA Corporation DISK/TREND, Inc. advertising rates available at Beth McCullough Takaaki Takashima www.idema.org. 408.492.1436 Barry Rossum IBM Japan, Ltd. Acorn Technology Tradeshow Manager Akira Terada Subscription Barbara Alvarez, CMP Michael Russak Alps Electric Co., Ltd. INSIGHT is produced bimonthly. 408.492.1436 HMT Technology Tetsuo Tsuru For your free subscription (U.S. IDEMA Staff—Asia-Pacific John F. Schaefer Hitachi Electronics Engineering only), register online at Phase Metrics, Inc. Co., Ltd. Executive Director www.idema.org. Robert Selinger, Ph.D. Haruo Urai K.Y. Phua NEC Corporation 65.226.3412 Tsuneo Suganuma Hitachi, Ltd. Joel Weiss, Ph.D. Wendy Ang Management Committee— Seagate Recording Media Group Sharmini Pathman Hideaki Yamazaki INSIGHT is a free, bimonthly Asia-Pacific Jean Tan Spider Systems of Japan, Inc. association magazine, published by Herbert Ang the International Disk Drive IDEMA Staff—Japan 3M Singapore Nobuaki Yoshioka Equipment and Materials Association NEC Corporation Gary Davis Executive Director (IDEMA). The goal of INSIGHT is to Davis Consultants Asia inform IDEMA members, and industry Tatsuo Sugiura IDEMA—U.S. professionals worldwide, about 81.3.3539.7071 Adam Giandomenico Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions emerging technologies, and Finance/Standards 3255 Scott Blvd., Suite 2-102 upcoming IDEMA trade events, as Akiko Yamamoto Gaylord Ho Santa Clara, CA 95054-3013 well as educational opportunities. Vector Magnetics Pte. Ltd. Phone: 408.330.8100 INSIGHT is read by more than Editor/Seminar Fax: 408.492.1425 Naoko Miura S.C. Lee 24,000 engineers, scientists, and Maxtor Peripherals (S) Pte. Ltd. technical managers worldwide. IDEMA—Asia-Pacific Teh-Bong Lim MMI Holdings Ltd. 53B Temple Street Singapore 058598 C.T. Low Phone: 65.226.3412 Halo Data Devices Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. IDEMA and Fax: 65.226.3413 Tom McDorman DISKCON are registered trademarks Western Digital of the International Disk Drive IDEMA—Japan K.Y. Phua Equipment and Materials Association. Wataru Building, 6th Floor IDEMA Asia-Pacific Other product names or brands used 2-11-9, Nishi Shinbashi in this publication are for identifica- Henry “Hank” Pselos Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003 Japan tion purposes only and may be Xyratex Pte. Ltd. Phone: 81.3.3539.7071 trademarks of their respective Chang Faa Shoon Fax: 81.3.3539.7072 companies. Seagate Technology Kelly Tan Seagate Technology William Tan Megatech Electronics Pte. Ltd. 4 INSIGHT • July/August 2000 Jeri Burdick KNOWLEDGE IS What We Know… After a little more than two months as the new editor of INSIGHT magazine, the only thing I honestly know for sure is that there’s still a lot of things I do not know! It’s difficult to decide whether a system (managing a magazine, for example) is working effectively, until you've had the opportunity to experience that system first- hand. With over 19 years in the high-technology arena (including 17 years with AMD) I have plenty of experience as both technical writer and information-management specialist. I’ve managed the production of data books (containing hundreds
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