Overview of High Density Recording Projects at NSIC

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1 Overview of High Density Recording Projects at NSIC Sharon D. Rotter 3655 Ruffin Road, Suite San Diego, CA Phone: FAX: sharonr@nsic.org Presented at the THIC Meeting at the DoubleTree Hotel Del Mar, CA on January 18, 2000 NSIC 2000 nsic.srotter ppt Page 1

2 Outline Background and early history NSIC today Relations with ❽ Universities ❽ Government ❽ Industry Research Program Evolution Future Vision Page 2

3 NSIC Incorporated: April 1991 Mission: Increase the Worldwide Competitiveness of the U.S. Information Storage Industry Strategic Elements: Conduct Joint Research on High-Risk Pre-Competitive Storage Technologies Develop Technology Roadmaps Maximize Value of University Research Obtain Government Funding For Research Speak for the Industry Page 3

4 Storage Industry Supports Many Associations IDEMA idwa IRMA NSIC OIDA OSTA QIC RAB SNIA THIC USODMA Only NSIC Does Technology Research Page 4

5 Examples of U.S. R&D Consortia 1997 Employees $M Budget American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AWWARF) Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Gas Research Institute (GRI) Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) (NSIC) Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Page 5

6 NSIC Joint Research Model U N I V E R S I T I E S Storage Centers Others ❽ Primarily Technology Development ❽ Some User and Supplier Involvement Page 6 I N D U S T R Y Users/Integrators Developers/Manufacturers Suppliers G O V E R N M E N T DARPA NIST

7 NSIC Projects SWAT (Short Wavelength Advanced Technology) UHDR (Ultrahigh Density Recording) HEADS (10 Gb/in 2 GMR Technology) PRISM (Photorefractive Information Storage Materials) No-Cost Extension Secured HDSS (Holographic Data Storage Systems) Three Demos Planned No-Cost Extension Secured UCOD (Ultrahigh Capacity Optical Disk) EHDR (Extremely High Density Recording Gb/in 2 HDD Technology) Good Momentum & Interest (10 companies, 16 universities) 5 Working Groups NSF Year 1 Progress Report Completed NSF Year 2 Funding Process Underway Sponsor Executive Briefing Held 9/07/99 NASD (Network Attached Storage Devices) Object Oriented Disk Document (pre-standard) Developed Final Project Meeting December 1999 MORE (Multiple Optical Recording Enhancements) Excellent Technical Progress Changes in Direction Negotiated with NIST Renewal for Year 3 Secured Tape (Advanced Magnetic Tape Storage Technology Began in December industrial sponsors Page 7

8 Outline Background and early history NSIC today Relations with ❽ Universities ❽ Government ❽ Industry Research Program Evolution Future Vision Page 8

9 Corporate Members (December 1999) 3M* ADVANCED RESEARCH* APPLIED MAGNETICS* APRILIS CALIMETRICS CIRRUS LOGIC EASTMAN KODAK* ECD (Energy Conversion Devices) EMC * HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES HEWLETT-PACKARD HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY IBM IMATION KOMAG LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES * Limited Member MAXTOR POLAROID QUANTUM READ-RITE ROCKWELL SCIENCE CENTER * SAINT-GOBAIN* SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY SILICON GRAPHICS* SIROS TECHNOLOGIES* STORAGETEK SUN MICROSYSTEMS* TEXAS INSTRUMENTS VEECO INSTRUMENTS VTC WESTERN DIGITAL Page 9

10 Associate Members AKRON ALABAMA ALBERTA ARGONNE NAT L LAB ARIZONA CARNEGIE MELLON COLORADO DAYTON GEORGIA TECH HARVARD IDAHO IDEMA LAWRENCE BERKELEY NAT L LAB LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NAT L LAB LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB MIT MINNESOTA MONTANA STATE NAT L INST OF STDS & TECH NEBRASKA NORTHWESTERN OHIO STATE SANTA CLARA STANFORD UC BERKELEY UC SAN DIEGO VANDERBILT WASHINGTON UNIV Page 10

11 Operational Activities Project Formation» Ideas From NSIC or Members» Topical Workshop» Response to Government Solicitation» Proposal Generation Project Operation» Project Agreement (Legal Contract) Recent Exceptions» Technical Exchanges» Technical Progress Reporting» Financial Management» Intellectual Property Reporting» Project Board Meetings Communications» NSIC Board and Executive Committee Meetings» Member/Prospect Executive Briefings» Member Technical Briefings» University Center Reviews» Conferences and Symposia» Government Committee Inputs» Newsletter Internal Administration Page 11

12 NSIC Project Models Model 1: Industrial Contributions: in kind research Matching government funding is a key objective Government funding goes in part to industry, in part to support University/Lab research Model 2: Industrial contributions in cash, plus project guidance/ leadership Add government funding, if available Industrial and government funding goes to support University/ Lab research, not to industry Page 12

13 NSIC Project Organization PROJECT HOW STARTED WHO PAYS WHO WORKS WHO LEADS SWAT ATP PROPOSAL I, U, G I, U NSIC HEADS ATP PROPOSAL I, U, G I, U I UHDR RESPONSE TO DARPA OPPORTUNITY I, U, G I, U NSIC, I, U PRISM PI s & DARPA I, U, G I, U I, U HDSS PI s & DARPA I, U, G I, U I, U UCOD ATP PROPOSAL I, U, G I, U, G I NASD CMU INITIATIVE I, U I, U U EHDR NSIC INITIATIVE I, G U, G U, I MORE ATP PROPOSAL I, G I, U I TAPE NSIC INITIATIVE I U I Page 13

14 Outline Background and early history NSIC today Relations with ❽ Universities ❽ Government ❽ Industry Research Program Evolution Future Vision Page 14

15 NSIC and the Universities 1980 s Storage Centers Established Center-to-Company Interactions Limited Center-to-Center Interactions Minimal 1990 s University Involvement Part of NSIC s Charter Universities Provided the Initial Link for Company Technical Interactions Quarterly Company-University Project Meetings High Interaction Bandwidth Increased Focus for University Activities Page 15

16 Relations with Government DARPA Has Not Provided Earmarked Funding for Storage Technology Research» Project Funding has Come via Submitted Proposals That Matched Contract Managers Agendas 5 Projects Totaling $73M ATP Had a Strong Early Relationship» 1991: 6 Month Planning Award for SWAT Program Facilitated NSIC s Formation» First Two Projects Won Competitively in General Competitions» 1994: ATP (with NSIC input) Created Focus Program in Digital Data Storage - $250M over 5 years ATP History Since 1995 Less Favorable» Increased Emphasis on Commercialization Plans» Wariness of Large Horizontal Partnerships and Large Companies» De-emphasis on Focus Programs Building New Relationship with NSF» Emphasis on University Research» Emphasis on Fundamental Limits» Proposal Funded ($1.8M over 3 years) Other Agencies May be Approached» NASA, NSA Page 16

17 Relations with Industry Membership Has Many Constituencies» Hard Drive, Tape, Optical, Holographic Storage, Storage Systems» Tiny Companies Through Fortune 100» Storage-Focused vs. Broader vs. Niche Companies Diverse Agendas Abound» Government Funding Role» University Role» Intellectual Property» Vertical vs. Horizontal Partnerships» Exotic vs. Evolutionary Technology» U.S. Focus vs. International Mixed Levels of Interest / Involvement in NSIC» Working Level Technical Participation (10-50% time)» Middle Management Board Participation» Occasional Executive Contact Input from Directors Questionnaire Increasing Engagement of Executive Committee» Awards» Membership» Compensation» Staff Recruiting Page 17

18 Outline Background and early history NSIC today Relations with ❽ Universities ❽ Government ❽ Industry Research Program Evolution Future Vision Page 18

19 NSIC Research Projects Tape 7? companies universities HDD Optical Disc Magnetic Tape Alternative Technologies NASD UCOD (ATP) EHDR (NSF) MORE (ATP) 3 companies, 2 universities Multillevel and Near-field Optical Disc >100 Gb/in 12 companies, 16 universities 2 HDD 5 companies, 1 university Network Storage 2 companies, 1 university 1 TB Optical Disk HDSS (DARPA) 7 companies, 4 universities Holographic Systems PRISM (DARPA) 6 companies, 1 university Holographic Materials SWAT (ATP) HEADS (ATP) 12 companies, 12 universities 10 Gb/in 2 HDD Technology UHDR (DARPA) 9 companies, 7 universities 1 TB/in 3 Mag Tape 2 companies, 4 universities 10 Gb/in 2 Optical Disk 9 companies, 7 universities 3 companies, 2 universities Compact Blue Laser GMR Heads for 10 Gb/in Page 19

20 Recent NSIC Roadmap Activity : Optical Disk Storage : Optical Disk Storage Senior Coordinator: C. Denis Mee (NSIC) Senior Coordinator: C. Denis Mee (NSIC) OIDA Liaison: C. Tom Walker (3M) Technology Leader: G. Sincerbox (U. of AZ) Technology Leader: Mark Kryder (CMU) Systems/Applications Leader: P. Wehrenberg (Apple) Systems & Applications Leader: Alan Bell (IBM) Workshop: November 1999 Workshop: April 1996 Report: February 2000 (Planned) Report: June : Hard Disk Drive Technology Senior Coordinator: Barry Schechtman (NSIC) Technology Leader: Mark Kryder (CMU) Workshop: February 1997 Report: Incorporated in July 1997 Proposal 1997: Magnetic Head Metrology Senior Coordinator: Barry Schechtman (NSIC) Metrology Leader: Dick Harris (NIST) Wafer Requirements: Mark Kief (Seagate) Slider Requirements: Bill Cross (Quantum) Workshop: June 1997 Report: February : Magnetic Tape Storage Senior Coordinator: C. Denis Mee (NSIC) Technology Leader: Bill Doyle (Alabama) Systems & Applications Leader: Bill Phillips (StorageTek) Workshop: September 1997 Report: June 1998 Page 20

21 EHDR Project Organization Technical Area Working Groups SPONSOR TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVES PROGRAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER STRATEGY GROUP NSIC SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER HEADS TEAM MEDIA TEAM SERVO TEAM HEAD DISK INTERFACE TEAM SIGNAL PROCESSING TEAM Headway IBM Quantum Read-Rite Seagate TI VTC IBM Quantum Seagate Headway Hutchinson IBM Quantum Read-Rite Seagate TI VTC Headway Hutchinson IBM Read-Rite Seagate Cirrus Logic Hutchinson IBM Lucent Quantum Seagate TI VTC Page 21

22 EHDR Program History and Status Start of Program: November 1996 Initial Sponsors: 4 (all one level) Initial Budget: $400K Present Status: November 1999 Sponsors: 10 (three levels) Annual Budget: $2.0M (includes $0.6M from NSF) Program Manager: Mark Kryder (Seagate) Working Groups with Industry Team Leaders Heads Simon Liao (Headway) Media Mary Doerner (IBM) Signal Processing Arnon Friedmann (Quantum)* Servo Alexei Sacks (Seagate) Tribology Singh Bhatia (IBM) +Testing Roy Gustafson (Seagate) Will Support ~40 Students for *through year end 1999 Page 22

23 EHDR/Frontiers of Magnetic Recording Objectives Stable Media Materials for 100 Gb/in 2 Wear Layers & Lubricants for Contact Recording at <10nm Magnetic Spacing Head Materials with >15% R/R Nanometer Head Structures Head & Media Materials for >1 GHz Channels for Very Low SNR Servo at <1 Micron Track Pitch Development/Assessment of Perpendicular Recording Development/Assessment of Patterned Media Recording Page 23

24 Areal Density Target: 100 Gb/in 2 At 100 Gb/in 2 areal density, a traditional 3.5-inch desktop PC drive would store about: 70 Gbytes with 1 disk & 1 head 140 Gbytes with 1 disk & 2 heads 280 Gbytes with 2 disks 420 Gbytes with 3 disks Page 24

25 Areal Density Target: 100 Gb/in 2 At 100 Gb/in 2 areal density, a traditional 2.5-inch laptop or notebook drive would store about: 30 Gbytes with 1 disk & 1 head 60 Gbytes with 1 disk & 2 heads 120 Gbytes on 2 disks Page 25

26 Areal Density Target: 100 Gb/in 2 At 100 Gb/in 2 areal density, a Microdrive for portable/consumer applications would store about: 3.4 Gbytes with 1 disk & 1 head 6.8 Gbytes with 1 disk & 2 heads (or several thousand to several 10 s of thousands of 2-megapixel digital photos, depending on compression scheme used) Page 26

27 Areal Density Target: 100 Gb/in2 100 Gb/in 2 : How? Most likely: using fairly evolutionary extensions of longitudinal recording: Media: continuous metal film with tighter grain size distributions and new alloys Heads: GMR multi-spin-valves, or possibly spindependent tunneling devices & high B s writers Head/Media Interface: virtual contact becomes less virtual with physical spacing around 5 nm Channels: new codes and ECC schemes allow us to operate at lower SNR Servo: uses multi-stage actuators Page 27

28 Areal Density Target: 100 Gb/in2 Note that advanced areal density demonstrations have already reached about 36 Gb/in 2 in 1999! Page 28

29 Areal Density Target: 100 Gb/in 2 Opening up new applications: HDTV with set-top boxes Digital video High-resolution still photos Music Games Faster Internet pipelines Personal Data Companions More storage in phones, cars, household appliances, Page 29

30 A New Joint Research Program For the Magnetic Tape Industry 9/97: Workshop on Magnetic Tape Applications, Systems and Technology 6/98: Roadmap Report on Magnetic Tape 8/98 2/99: Individual Executive Briefings at 7 NSIC Companies 3/99 7/99: Confirmation of Interest and Naming of Technical Representatives 9/99: Meeting of Technical Representatives to Identify and Prioritize Topics for Generic Pre-Competitive Research 11/99: Meeting of Prospective Sponsor Executives and Confirmation of Commitments 12/99: Program Launched and Board of Directors Created 1/00: First Round Solicitation of Research Proposals Companies Involved: Advanced Research Quantum Hewlett Packard Read-Rite IBM Seagate Imation StorageTek First Year Budget: $350K (will support approximately 6 graduate students) Page 30

31 Outline Background and early history NSIC today Relations with ❽ Universities ❽ Government ❽ Industry Research Program Evolution Future Vision Page 31

32 Future NSIC Directions Magnetic/Optical Hard Drive Roadmaps» Technology Barriers/Limitations» Opportunities for Combined Approaches Manufacturing Technology for HDD s»fabrication, Metrology, Test Technology Storage Systems Page 32

33 Roadmap on Optical Disk Storage Applications, Products and Technology Leaders: Paul Wehrenberg, Glenn Sincerbox, Apple University of Arizona Applications and Systems Technology Consumer Audio/Video DVD Derivatives Personal Computer MO Workstations MO-Hybrid Servers Near Field Enterprise Systems Volume Storage Super Computers Gray Scale Workshop with ~40 Participants November 3-4, 1999 Draft report expected in February 2000 Page 33

34 Life Beyond 100 Gb/in 2? Roger Wood, IBM: The Feasibility of Magnetic Recording at 1 Terabit Per Square Inch, presented at TMRC 1999, August 9-11, 1999: The example system does manage to approach a density of 1 Terabit per square inch without violating any physical laws. In conclusion, conventional magnetic recording will be limited to an areal density of the order of 1 Terabit per square inch. This limit is dictated by the thermal stability and information capacity of random granular medium. Page 34

35 The U.S. Storage Industry War in the Marketplace but Therefore, All in the Same Boat Cooperation on Future Technology Page 35

36 Why NSIC? Leverage for longer-range pre-competitive research investments Participate in setting common industry goals/ objectives and technology roadmaps Participate in industry/industry interactions Provide guidance to industry suppliers Participate in industry/university interactions Provide guidance/direction for university research Provide guidance for government funding agencies Page 36

37 Take Home Message 10 NSIC s Approach Is Unique 10 It Works 10 It Will Evolve to Meet the Storage Industry s Future Needs Page 37