A data storage system for use in a high radiation environment includes an array of storage drives. Each of the storage drives includes a non-radiation-hardened drive controller, a non-radiation-hardened non-volatile storage medium, and a non-radiation-hardened volatile memory. A radiation-hardened storage controller is coupled to the array, the radiation-hardened storage controller provides host access to the array. One or more compute cores are configured to locally perform at least one operation on data stored on one or both of the non-volatile storage medium and the volatile memory based on a computational storage function received from the host.
Disclosed are sealed-enclosure disk drives that utilize diffusion barriers to prevent volatile organic contaminants (VOCs) from migrating or flowing through interstitial spaces between covers of the disk drives, and thereby reaching the interior space where components reside that may be susceptible to VOCs. Accordingly, a diffusion barrier is disposed between the top cover and the process cover of the hard drive and positioned to reside in a migration path of VOCs to the interior space. The VOCs are primarily produced by a source of VOCs located in interstitial spaces between the covers, for example an adhesive that bonds the covers, a vibration dampener material, or the like. The diffusion barrier may include activated carbon selected to absorb and/or sequester VOCs.
An apparatus includes a write head. A preamplifier is coupled to the write head. A controller is coupled to the preamplifier and configured to cause the preamplifier to apply an overshoot current to the write head for a predefined overshoot current duration, apply an undershoot current to the write head for a predefined undershoot current duration, and apply a steady-state current to the write head after the undershoot current duration, the steady-state current being greater than the undershoot current.
Disclosed are systems and methods for reducing the amount of time required before resuming full data operations after a hard disk drive has been spun down and/or placed in a standby mode. Such systems and methods may make use of thresholds to changes in environmental parameters, such as temperature, that may affect hard disk drive calibrations. Environmental parameter changes below a threshold may allow a subset of calibrations to be skipped or otherwise reduced to resume data operations. In addition or alternatively, a hard disk drive may be placed in a read-only mode prior to performing all calibrations needed to resume full write operations.
A single chip data storage device includes an array of storage drives each comprising a drive controller, a non-volatile storage medium, and a volatile memory. A storage controller is coupled to the array, the storage controller providing host access to the array. One or more compute cores are configured to locally perform at least one operation on data stored on one or both of the non-volatile storage medium and the volatile memory based on a computational storage function received from the host.
Single-transverse-mode laser diodes that include a bowtie-shaped ridge waveguide. Related apparatuses, data storage devices, computing systems, and methods.
A magnetic stack having a magnetic recording layer. The magnetic recording layer includes a plurality of ferromagnetic, discrete regions located within a matrix of at least one magnetic composition that is antiferromagnetic. Each ferromagnetic, discrete region corresponds to a magnetic domain for storing a bit of data. Related data storage devices, systems, and methods.
A sender may provide, to a recipient, encrypted DNA material comprising a set of DNA fragments. The sender may provide, to the recipient, a decryption key including instructions for ligating the set of DNA fragments to construct an encoded DNA strand having a nucleotide sequence that encodes a message.
An electronic device includes a cover coupled to a base to create an enclosure. One or more electronic components are positioned within the enclosure. A metallic seal is positioned between the cover and the base. The seal can be formed as a pre-cut gasket comprising indium or a layer of electroplated indium.
A dealer receives a first addend function and a second addend function. A function client provides first validation parameters, each first validation parameter corresponding to a coefficient of the first addend function and a corresponding coefficient of the second addend function. The sum of the first addend function and the second addend function equals the polynomial function. The dealer generates a function share for each share party based on a sampling of first random polynomials and second random polynomials and generates second validation parameters for each share party based on the function shares. The dealer transmits the second validation parameters to the share parties and transmits each function share to a corresponding share party. Each function share is verifiable by the corresponding share party based on the second validation parameters and a signed concatenation of the first validation parameters.
H04L 9/30 - Public key, i.e. encryption algorithm being computationally infeasible to invert and users' encryption keys not requiring secrecy
H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system
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Energy-assisted recording head having coated nanorod near-field transducer
A near-field transducer for an energy-assisted, magnetic recording head includes a first part comprising a first plasmonic material. The first part has an enlarged portion configured to receive optical energy from a waveguide and a narrowed portion that receives and channels the optical energy to a recording medium. The near-field transducer includes a second part comprising a nanorod of a second plasmonic material different than the first plasmonic material. The nanorod is disposed within the first part along a light propagation direction of the near-field transducer and extends to a media-facing surface of the recording head along a light propagation direction. The narrowed portion of the first part covers at least three sides of the nanorod along the light propagation direction. The nanorod has an exposed end that is exposed from the near-field transducer and faces the media-facing surface.
A magnetic stack includes a magnetic recording structure and at least two heat-sink layers where heat-sink layer located furthest from the magnetic recording structure has thermal conductivity equal to or greater than intervening heat-sink layers. One or more interlayers can be included in the magnetic stack. Data storage devices and systems including one or more of the magnetic stacks, and related methods.
A multi-actuator storage device includes a first actuator supporting a first read element coupled to a shared read channel, a second actuator supporting a second read element coupled to the shared read channel, and a job scheduler that employs a lowest-access time selection methodology when selecting each next job to schedule on the first actuator. When the lowest-access-time methodology results in the selection of a read job for execution by the first actuator, the job scheduler identifies a pending job for execution by the second actuator that can be executed concurrent to the first read job without concurrently accessing the read channel and schedules the pending job on the second actuator concurrent to the first read job.
An apparatus includes a hollow piezoelectric stator of symmetrical cross-section about two orthogonal axes. The stator includes first outer and inner faces, wherein the first outer face includes a first contact tip; second outer and inner faces; third outer and inner faces; fourth outer and inner faces; and eight electrode portions, wherein one of the eight electrode portions is positioned on each of said faces. A method of moving a rotor along a y-axis relative to an object is disclosed, wherein an orthogonal x-axis direction is normal to an engagement surface of the rotor at a first contact tip of a piezoelectric stator. The method includes positioning a first portion of a preload mechanism in a hollow space of the piezoelectric stator, attaching a second portion to the object, and moving the first contact tip along an elliptical path in an x-y plane to frictionally couple the engagement surface.
A non-metallic media substrate includes a disc-shaped substrate body having at least one media storage surface on a face thereof. The substrate body has a center opening having an inner diameter and an outer diameter surface, and the substrate body has a thickness. The substrate further includes an annular groove at the outer diameter of the media substrate, the annular groove having chamfered edges and an internal concavity extending toward the inner diameter.
G11B 5/84 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing record carriers
G11B 23/00 - Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducingAccessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus
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Crash stop that includes silicone rubber for a data storage device, and related articles, systems, and methods
Data storage devices that include one or more crash stops that include cured, silicone rubber. Related articles (e.g., shock-absorbing member) that include cured, silicone rubber for crash stops and methods of making shock-absorbing members that include cured, silicone rubber.
Described are systems and methods for performing read after write operations in multi-revolution hard disk drives, which involve comparing the results of a read after write operation to a conditioned version of the write data that is retained in buffer memory. By conditioning the write data, a synthetic read-back signal can be fashioned that emulates the signal produced when reading the magnetic disk. Such an emulated read-back signal can be directly compared to the signal read from the magnetic disk by correlation and threshold checking, or the emulated read-back signal can be combined with the read-back signal and then compared against the write data residing in the buffer memory in a data verification operation. The data verification may be qualitative so that error codes may be developed and stored.
A method comprising the steps of forming a recording head comprising a waveguide, a heat sink and a bleed resistor on a first substrate, is described. The bleed resistor is coupled to the heat sink and the substrate. The top surface of the heat sink is planarized to form a planarized heat sink. A laser diode formed on a second substrate is transfer printed onto the planarized heat sink to form an integrated laser diode.
A hard disk drive includes a heat-assisted magnetic recording head and an enclosure. The enclosure is configured to contain the heat-assisted magnetic recording head and other components of the hard disk drive. The enclosure includes a base and a thermally processed top cover including a thermally oxidized interior surface. Preferably, a composition of the thermally oxidized surface of the thermally processed top cover comprises at least 5 percent oxygen. More preferably, an average oxidation depth of the thermally oxidized surface of the thermally processed top cover is at least 8 nanometers.
G11B 33/14 - Reducing influence of physical parameters, e.g. temperature change, moisture, dust
G11B 25/04 - Apparatus characterised by the shape of record carrier employed but not specific to the method of recording or reproducing using flat record carriers, e.g. disc, card
G11B 33/02 - CabinetsCasesStandsDisposition of apparatus therein or thereon
G11B 5/00 - Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrierReproducing by magnetic meansRecord carriers therefor
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HARD DISK DRIVE DIRECT METADATA AND DATA CACHING TO HOST MEMORY BUFFER VIA NONVOLATILE MEMORY EXPRESS
Described are data processing and storage systems, and methods for use therewith, that make use of a host memory buffer (HMB) partition of one or more host devices to directly cache at-risk data from one or more HMB-aware hard disk drives (HDDs) via remote direct memory access over nonvolatile memory express interfaces and protocols.
The present disclosure describes a system and methods for the generation of DNA strands and querying a DNA database rapidly and accurately. The method disclosed includes the generating at least one database single stranded DNA (ssDNA) strand, includes a plurality of functional oligonucleotides separated by introns. On one end of each intron there is a donor fluorophore and on the other end is an acceptor fluorophore. A query ssDNA strand is also generated that includes a series of complimentary oligonucleotides, which can hybridize with the functional oligonucleotides of the database ssDNA strand. Hybridization causes the intron regions of the database ssDNA strand to fold resulting in the donor fluorophore and acceptor fluorophore being placed in close proximity to one another. The close proximity enables Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) phenomena to occur, which is detected using a photodetector.
A magnetic recording head includes a piezoelectric actuator for controlling head-media spacing. A method for making the magnetic recording head including a piezoelectric actuator includes the steps of: providing a source wafer on which to fabricate the piezoelectric actuator; providing a target wafer; fabricating the piezoelectric actuator on the source wafer; releasing the piezoelectric actuator from the source wafer; and placing the piezoelectric actuator on the target wafer.
H10N 30/03 - Assembling devices that include piezoelectric or electrostrictive parts
H10N 30/05 - Manufacture of multilayered piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices, or parts thereof, e.g. by stacking piezoelectric bodies and electrodes
H10N 30/074 - Forming of piezoelectric or electrostrictive parts or bodies on an electrical element or another base by depositing piezoelectric or electrostrictive layers, e.g. aerosol or screen printing
H10N 30/082 - Shaping or machining of piezoelectric or electrostrictive bodies by etching, e.g. lithography
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Forming a heat channel on a magnetic write pole using an adhesion layer
Described are write head constructions that may be useful in magnetic recording, and in particular for heat-assisted magnetic recording. Such write head constructions include a heat channel abutted to the write pole to facilitate transferring heat away from the write pole and other components near the media-facing surface of the write head. To help prevent diffusion of materials between the heat channel and the write pole, a diffusion barrier layer is provided. Properties such as thermal expansion mismatch, the presence of oxide in the diffusion barrier layer, and so forth, may lead to undesired delamination of the heat channel during fabrication of the write head and/or during operation. In accordance with the present disclosure, an adhesion layer may be provided between the diffusion barrier layer and the heat channel to improve adhesion of the heat channel and effectively reduce delamination.
G11B 5/31 - Structure or manufacture of heads, e.g. inductive using thin film
G11B 5/02 - Recording, reproducing or erasing methodsRead, write or erase circuits therefor
G11B 13/08 - Recording simultaneously or selectively by methods or means covered by different main groupsRecord carriers thereforReproducing simultaneously or selectively therefrom using near-field interactions or transducing means and at least one other method or means for recording or reproducing
G11B 5/00 - Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrierReproducing by magnetic meansRecord carriers therefor
Described are systems, methods, and media for magnetic recording assisted by the use of ultrafast pulses such as ultrafast laser pulses. A layered magnetic medium includes a thin, magnetically softer capping layer disposed over a magnetically harder data recording layer. The capping layer is configured to have fast magnetization dynamics, and to have faster magnetization dynamics than the data recording layer. Due to the fast magnetization dynamics of the capping layer, ultrafast pulses can be used to assist a magnetic write field in magnetizing the capping layer without inducing any significant heating in the bulk of the media. The magnetization of the capping layer nucleates magnetization in the data recording layer under the influence of the magnetic write field.
G11B 5/66 - Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material comprising only the magnetic material without bonding agent the record carriers consisting of several layers
G11B 5/667 - Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material comprising only the magnetic material without bonding agent the record carriers consisting of several layers including a soft magnetic layer
A system may receive, in a data read request, a DNA subsection identifier identifying a subsection of a synthesized DNA strand. The system may identify, in the subsection of the DNA strand: a first linker nucleotide subsequence (L1S) corresponding to a first end section at which the subsection was synthesized to an anterior subsection of the synthesized DNA strand, and a central nucleotide subsequence (CS) corresponding to at least a part of a central section that separates the first end section from a second end section of the subsection at which subsection was synthesized to a posterior subsection of the synthesized DNA strand. The system may determine, based on one or more nucleotides of the CS and one or more nucleotides of the L1S, data responsive to the data read request. The system may provide, responsive to the data read request, the data.
The technology disclosed herein provides a method of sharing a memory appliance memory between multiple devices, the method including scanning by a host device, at host boot up, a plurality of memory devices to determine if one of the plurality of devices is a compatible memory device, reconfiguring the compatible memory device as offline system memory, receiving from the compatible memory device an indication of an amount of shared memory available on the compatible memory device, and labeling each block of a plurality of memory blocks on the compatible storage device as offline within a host memory map on the host device.
A device may include an enclosure. The device may include a plurality of storage drives configured along a length of the enclosure from a front of the enclosure to a rear of the enclosure, the enclosure surrounding the plurality of storage drives at least in part. The device may include a duct configured along the length of the enclosure, the duct configured to communicate an airflow from the front of the device to a power supply unit (PSU) located near a rear of the device.
A data storage device includes a stack of data storage disks, a head stack assembly, and a piezoelectric motor. The head stack assembly includes an arm, a load beam, a head and a tail. The arm is configured for pivotal motion about a longitudinal axis of an actuator shaft. The load beam is attached to the arm. The head is attached to the load beam and is configured to interact with a surface of one of the disks, the surface defining an x-y plane. The tail is disposed on an opposite side of the actuator shaft from the arm and has a first engagement surface that is parallel to the x-y plane. The piezoelectric motor includes a piezoelectric element and a contact tip. The piezoelectric element comprises a first mounting surface. The contact tip is disposed at the first mounting surface and frictionally contacts the engagement surface.
The technology disclosed herein provides a method including determining a location of a storage device in a storage enclosure, based on the location of a storage device in a storage enclosure, determining environmental associated with the location of the storage device, determining achievable capacity of the storage device based on the environmental parameters associated with the location of the storage device, and formatting the storage device based on the determined achievable capacity.
Disclosed are methods for linearizing the response of a non-linear magnetic reader, for example in the operation of a hard disk drive. Magnetic readers generally exhibit non-linearities in their response to an applied magnetic field, and those non-linearities may be particularly pronounced when the field strength is high. This deviation from linearity at larger field strengths can limit the useful range of field amplitudes. To expand the useful range of field amplitudes and thereby increase the available signal at the reader, the reader bias current may be varied in such a way to compensate for the natural non-linearity of the reader, thus making the reader output signal linear over a larger range of detected field strengths.
Described are electrodeposition methods, and materials and structures prepared by electrodeposition methods, and devices prepared from the electrodeposited materials.
A query vector is directed to a vector database that stores a plurality of vectors that are indexed into a plurality of clusters. In response to receiving the query vector, a furthest vector is found with an approximate maximum distance from the query vector by selecting a furthest cluster having a centroid furthest from the query vector. The query vector and furthest vector are placed into a subset. At least one diverse vector is added into the subset by performing one or more repetitions involving: determining another furthest cluster having another centroid furthest from all vectors in P; selecting another vector from the other furthest cluster that is furthest from all the vectors in P; and inserting the other vector into P. The subset P is used to provide a response to a diversity query.
Provided are devices, and methods for use with devices, that generate oxygen from residual humidity within a sealed enclosure that is filled primarily with an inert gas. A PEM electrolyzer that is configured to generate oxygen from residual humidity is situated within the sealed enclosure. The PEM electrolyzer includes a PE membrane disposed between an anode and a cathode, and further includes a hydrogen getter. The hydrogen getter helps the PEM electrolyzer to be a net producer of oxygen. Exemplary sealed enclosure devices include hard disk drives such as HAMR hard drives filled primarily with helium.
G11B 33/14 - Reducing influence of physical parameters, e.g. temperature change, moisture, dust
G11B 25/04 - Apparatus characterised by the shape of record carrier employed but not specific to the method of recording or reproducing using flat record carriers, e.g. disc, card
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DATA STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING AN ADSORBENT COMPOSITION, AND RELATED ARTICLES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
Data storage devices that includes one or more articles. An article includes an adsorbent composition having one or more molecular sieves for adsorbing one or more organic compounds, and a binder component that includes at least one cured rubber. Related methods of making an article.
B01J 20/28 - Solid sorbent compositions or filter aid compositionsSorbents for chromatographyProcesses for preparing, regenerating or reactivating thereof characterised by their form or physical properties
B01J 20/30 - Processes for preparing, regenerating or reactivating
G11B 33/14 - Reducing influence of physical parameters, e.g. temperature change, moisture, dust
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MOVABLE MAGNETIC PARTICLE MEMORY DEVICE OPERATIONS
A data storage apparatus is presented that includes a well structure comprising a suspension medium, and a magnetic particle disposed in at least a portion of the well structure. A control system is configured to represent a data state corresponding to a positioning of the magnetic particle within the well structure, the magnetic particle moved responsive to an applied field and a present material state of the well structure. Various addressable arrays of well structures and associated control elements can be established to form data storage devices.
G11C 11/16 - Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elementsStorage elements therefor using magnetic elements using elements in which the storage effect is based on magnetic spin effect
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Multi-revolution hard disk drives with reduced servo overhead
Disclosed are hard disk drives (HDDs), and methods for use therewith, that utilize reduced overhead servo fields, thereby simplifying the servo system. Reduced overhead servo fields may be of particular use in HDDs that utilize multi-revolution storage techniques to store data at much higher densities than what is possible for conventional HDDs. The relaxed performance requirements of high-density, multi-revolution drives provides opportunities for reducing servo overhead, thereby potentially further increasing the areal density capability of the magnetic media. Servo overhead may also be reduced by placing certain servo data on flash or other memory off of the media disk rather than in the servo fields written to the media disk.
G11B 5/55 - Track change, selection, or acquisition by displacement of the head
G11B 5/52 - Disposition or mounting of heads relative to record carriers with simultaneous movement of head and record carrier, e.g. rotation of head
G11B 5/58 - Disposition or mounting of heads relative to record carriers with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following
G11B 5/596 - Disposition or mounting of heads relative to record carriers with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following for track following on disks
G11B 20/12 - Formatting, e.g. arrangement of data block or words on the record carriers
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
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External computer disk drives for the storage, backup and retrieval of information and downloadable computer operating software programs and printed instructional manuals provided therewith; downloadable computer software for operating external computer disk drives for the storage, backup and retrieval of information and printed instructional manuals provided therewith
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External computer disk drives for the storage, backup and retrieval of information and downloadable computer operating software programs and printed instructional manuals provided therewith; downloadable computer software for operating external computer disk drives for the storage, backup and retrieval of information and printed instructional manuals provided therewith
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External computer disk drives for the storage, backup and retrieval of information and downloadable computer operating software programs and printed instructional manuals provided therewith; downloadable computer software for operating external computer disk drives for the storage, backup and retrieval of information and printed instructional manuals provided therewith
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External computer disk drives for the storage, backup and retrieval of information and downloadable computer operating software programs and printed instructional manuals provided therewith; downloadable computer software for operating external computer disk drives for the storage, backup and retrieval of information and printed instructional manuals provided therewith
A third party cryptographically determines a private set difference between a data set of a first party and a data set of a second party. The third party cryptographically generates a key pair including a private key and a public key, provides the public key to the first party and the second party, receives an encrypted result from the second party, wherein the encrypted result is computed prior to receipt by the third party using homomorphic operations performed using the public key, the data set of the first party, and the data set of the second party, decrypts the encrypted result using the private key to yield an intermediate data set, and determines the private set difference between the first data set and the second data set based on the intermediate data set.
H04L 29/06 - Communication control; Communication processing characterised by a protocol
H04L 9/00 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols
H04L 9/06 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols the encryption apparatus using shift registers or memories for blockwise coding, e.g. D.E.S. systems
H04L 9/14 - Arrangements for secret or secure communicationsNetwork security protocols using a plurality of keys or algorithms
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THIRD-PARTY PRIVATE SET INTERSECTION FOR MULTIPLE INPUT PARTIES
A method computes, by a third party, a private set intersection of datasets of multiple input parties, wherein each dataset includes one or more data elements. The computer-processor-implemented method includes: obtaining one or more share polynomials for each dataset of the multiple input parties, the one or more share polynomials for a dataset of an input party being encoded from shares of zero for the input party, each share of zero corresponding to a data element of the dataset of the input party; determining an intersection polynomial based on the one or more share polynomials; and determining the private set intersection of the datasets to include data elements of the datasets of the multiple input parties for which the intersection polynomial of the multiple input parties solves to zero.
A processor may determine, for each subdevice of a set of subdevices of a storage enclosure device, one or more operational measures of the subdevice. A processor may determine, based at least on the one or more operational measures for the subdevices and one or more environmental characteristics associated with the subdevices, a set of striping groups that optimizes an operational measure of the set of subdevices of the storage enclosure device, each striping group including a respective subset of the set of subdevices. A processor may store output data of a data striping operation to a particular subset of subdevices associated with a particular striping group of the set of striping groups.
A method of aligning a semiconductor device for use in a storage device disclosed herein includes providing a semiconductor device on a first substrate. The first substrate includes a first alignment mark. A recording head comprising a second alignment mark is provided on a second substrate. A transfer print head comprising a third alignment mark is also provided. The transfer print head is aligned to the semiconductor device on the first substrate. After the transfer print head is aligned to the semiconductor device, the semiconductor device is transfer printed from the first substrate onto the second substrate. The transfer printing includes aligning the third alignment mark on the transfer print head to the second alignment mark on the second substrate.
Described are three-transducer piezoelectric motors capable of being operated in an ultrasonic mode over a narrow range of driving frequencies and of being operated in an inchworm mode at driving frequencies outside of, and below, the narrow range. The piezoelectric motors are designed such that all three transducers have the same or nearly the same expansion resonant frequency, thus enabling the motors to be operated in an ultrasonic mode when using a driving frequency at or near the expansion resonant frequency, as well as being operable in a normal inchworm mode at other driving frequencies. The inchworm mode allows for precise and controlled positioning and movement, whereas the ultrasonic mode allows for large movements over short periods.
H02N 2/02 - Electric machines in general using piezoelectric effect, electrostriction or magnetostriction producing linear motion, e.g. actuatorsLinear positioners
A film layer is disclosed having a graded index of refraction and layer stacks, along with processes and apparatuses for making film layers. The graded index of refraction may have a continuous change through thickness of the film layer. The film layer may be made of a cation oxynitride material. Film layers may be made by using a sputtering source and varying gas flows over time, or by moving or positioning a substrate within PVD zones having lower and higher index of refraction material deposition.
C03C 17/34 - Surface treatment of glass, e.g. of devitrified glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by coating with at least two coatings having different compositions
C03C 17/22 - Surface treatment of glass, e.g. of devitrified glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by coating with other inorganic material
C03C 17/245 - Oxides by deposition from the vapour phase
C03C 17/36 - Surface treatment of glass, e.g. of devitrified glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by coating with at least two coatings having different compositions at least one coating being a metal
A heater for a disc substrate in a deposition system. The heater has a central first heating zone and an annular second heating zone around the first heating zone. Each of the heating zones has an independently controllable power supply to allow, for example, the second heating zone to be heated to a temperature at least 10° C. greater than the first heating zone.
A magnetic stack includes a magnetic recording structure and at least two heat-sink layers where heat-sink layer located furthest from the magnetic recording structure has thermal conductivity equal to or greater than intervening heat-sink layers. One or more interlayers can be included in the magnetic stack. Data storage devices and systems including one or more of the magnetic stacks, and related methods.
A heat-assisted magnetic recording hard disk drive includes a heat-assisted magnetic recording head and a component. The heat-assisted magnetic recording head and the component are disposed in an interior volume of the heat-assisted magnetic recording hard disk drive. The component includes liquid crystal polymer. The component has an outgassing rate that is less than about 300 nanograms per gram.
Disclosed is the implementation of microstructured surfaces on electronic devices to increase the efficiency of two-phase immersion cooling of such electronic devices. The microstructures are adapted to inhibit vapor blanket formation at the device surface during heat transfer to a dielectric cooling fluid by promoting formation and release of vapor bubbles in the dielectric cooling fluid that are roughly an order of magnitude smaller than vapor bubbles formed in the absence of the microstructures.
Methods that facilitate the movement of droplets in a digital microfluidic process, such as a lab-on-a-chip system. The methods also allow for a decrease in the minimum droplet size, allowing for the use of smaller fluid droplets in the microfluidic processes. An oscillation or vibration device, such as a piezo-electric device, is used to produce an oscillation in the lab-on-a-chip that disturbs the fluid droplet, allowing easier and better movement of droplets, which allows use of smaller droplets.
A data storage medium includes a cobalt-based ferromagnetic recording layer, a non-magnetic substrate, and a magnetocaloric material. The magnetocaloric material is disposed between the recording layer and the substrate, wherein the magnetocaloric material is configured to generate heat upon exposure to a magnetic field that causes a phase change in the magnetocaloric material. A method of writing data onto a data storage medium includes applying a magnetic field to the data storage medium at a write location from a write head, wherein the data storage medium includes a cobalt-based ferromagnetic recording layer, a non-magnetic substrate, and a magnetocaloric material disposed between the recording layer and the substrate. The method includes transferring heat from the magnetocaloric material to the recording layer; moving the write location out of the magnetic field, wherein the phase change is reversed; and absorbing heat from the recording layer by the magnetocaloric material.
G11B 5/66 - Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material comprising only the magnetic material without bonding agent the record carriers consisting of several layers
G11B 5/00 - Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrierReproducing by magnetic meansRecord carriers therefor
G11B 5/012 - Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic disks
G11B 5/667 - Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material comprising only the magnetic material without bonding agent the record carriers consisting of several layers including a soft magnetic layer
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Optical magnetic recording system, writer, media, and method
Described are optical magnetic recording systems, writers, media, and methods that utilize pulses of electromagnetic radiation to deterministically record information on magnetic storage media unaided by any additionally applied magnetic field such as from a write pole. The recording pulses may be linearly (or longitudinally) polarized pulses or circularly polarized pulses. The pulses may be modulated in accordance with data bits to be written on the media. Modulation may include modulating the polarization state(s) of the pulses and/or modulating the amplitude(s) the pulses, depending on the particular construction or configuration of the magnetic storage media to be used. Described are recording systems and methods that include laser light pulse generation, light pulse modulation, light pulse delivery, and magnetic media constructions.
G11B 11/105 - Recording on, or reproducing from, the same record carrier wherein for these two operations the methods or means are covered by different main groups of groups or by different subgroups of group Record carriers therefor using recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation using a beam of light or a magnetic field for recording and a beam of light for reproducing, e.g. light-induced thermomagnetic recording or Kerr effect reproducing
G11B 5/00 - Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrierReproducing by magnetic meansRecord carriers therefor
G11B 5/02 - Recording, reproducing or erasing methodsRead, write or erase circuits therefor
A data storage device includes a data storage disk, an actuator arm, a load beam attached to the actuator arm, and a flexure attached to the load beam. The disk has a read/write surface defining an x-y plane, and the actuator arm is movable parallel to the x-y plane. The load beam supports a slider that carries a head that is configured to interact with the read/write surface. The load beam includes a first dimple that extends toward the read/write surface and has a flat base. The flexure is attached to the load beam at the flat base of the first dimple and is attached to the slider. The flexure is substantially parallel to the x-y plane between the flat base of the dimple and the slider. In another aspect, an actuator arm assembly includes a load beam with weld dimples.
Described are electrodeposition methods, and materials and structures prepared by electrodeposition methods, and devices prepared from the electrodeposited materials.
Provided are devices and methods for reading data from rotating ferroelectric data storage media using a reader that includes a channel region disposed between a source and a drain. The data bits, stored as dipoles in the ferroelectric media, induce a current flowing through the channel region of the reader from the source to the drain when a bias voltage is applied to the media. The bias voltage can be tuned for desired reader operation, such as enhancing the signal or operating within a linear response regime.
G11B 9/02 - Recording or reproducing using a method or means not covered by one of the main groups Record carriers therefor using ferroelectric record carriersRecord carriers therefor
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Hard disk drive with dynamically designated media zones for archiving and performance
Described are data storage systems and methods in which data ingested by a hard disk drive (HDD) may be first stored in a designated intake zone of the HDD magnetic media using conventional performance parameters and recording techniques, and thereafter compacted and moved to a designated high-density zone on the magnetic media. The compacted data is stored at higher data storage densities than what is convention, and at lower performance parameters, and thus the moving of compacted data to the high-density zone may be done opportunistically in the background. The intake zone and high-density zone may be statically designated or dynamically defined based on HDD performance requirements, usage characteristics, available media capacity, and so forth.
Described are adsorption filters for filtering hydrocarbon cooling oils. The adsorption filters include a molecular sieve composite mixture that combines at least two filter materials that each have a surface chemistry and/or a pore size distribution that is selected to target the preferential adsorption of contaminants present or expected to be present in the hydrocarbon cooling oils, for example from oxidation of the oils, from electronic components immersed in the oils for cooling, or from other environmental factors. At least one of the filter materials may be an alkali metal aluminosilicate molecular sieve.
Described are systems and methods for vibrational analysis of ultrasonic motors. These include the use of a quadrature oscillator circuit configured to produce a dual signal output that includes two sinusoidal waves separated by a non-zero phase shift of 90 degrees or less. The ultrasonic motor is configured for simultaneous excitation of a bending mode and an expanding mode in response to the dual signal output from the quadrature oscillator. A laser doppler vibrometer is used to analyze the ultrasonic motor being operated under simultaneous bending mode and expanding mode excitation.
An electronic cooling system includes an enclosure in which an electronic component is removably housed. A non-conductive liquid immerses or wets the electronic component. A foam heat sink is attached to a heat emitting surface of the electronic component. The foam heat sink is immersed or wetted by the liquid and provides a heat transfer path between the electronic component and the liquid. A porosity of the foam heat sink increases a coolant heat absorption rate from the heat emitting surface to the fluid.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Data storage devices, namely, hard disk drives, solid state drives, digital disk drives, hard drives with solid state memory; Blank digital storage media and hybrid drives; Electronic data storage devices, namely, networked storage drives; Computer hardware for upload, storage, retrieval, download, transmission and delivery of digital content; Computer storage devices, namely, computer memory hardware and hard drives for computers; Computer storage devices, namely, configurable data storage systems comprised of redundant and non-redundant drive arrays; Computer backup and storage systems with multiple removable redundant and non-redundant drive arrays; Redundant and non-redundant drive array based computer backup systems; Removable hard drive based computer backup systems; Computer network-attached storage (NAS) hardware; Computer hardware that provides real-time analytics on data usage patterns and data usage workloads for improving enterprise storage performance and capacity; External storage devices in the nature of external computer disk drives that wirelessly communicate with handheld computers, tablet computers, notebook computers, laptop computers, mobile electronic devices, cell phones, smart phones, MP3 devices; Wireless data storage devices, namely, hard disk drives; Downloadable computer software for use in the synchronization, back-up, playing and encryption and decryption of digital files, including audio, video, text, binary, still images, graphics and multimedia files; Downloadable computer firmware for data storage, data retrieval, data access, data backup, data replication, data availability, data recovery, data translation and data conversion; Downloadable software for organization and management of data in distributed computer storage systems; Downloadable software for data encryption; Downloadable software for backing up encrypted data files; Downloadable software for accessing and restoring data files; Downloadable software for downloading computer files over a network; Downloadable software for uploading computer files over a network; Downloadable software for file management; Downloadable software for allowing computer files to be shared by others; Downloadable software for creating and maintaining a virtual file server distributed over a network; Downloadable software for creating and maintaining a distributed file system; Downloadable computer software for managing, securing and operating network-attached data storage systems; Downloadable software for storing, accessing and managing data and multimedia content on computer network; Downloadable computer software for synchronizing local computer files, folders, data and information with a cloud storage platform; Downloadable data storage computer software for use with and incorporated into computer storage devices; Downloadable software for data storage management; Downloadable software for processing and storage of data utilizing drive arrays; Downloadable computer software for use in imaging, duplicating and restoring the original factory level instances of hard disk drive, for use in preserving and restoring software programs and information in a computer, for use in performing diagnostics on hard disk drives, for use in connection with computer disk drives for the storage, backup and retrieval of information, for use in connection with data storage, data management and interconnection, and management and operation of data storage devices, for use in back-up of computer hard drive data, back-up of computer networks, and data recovery; Downloadable software for providing streaming video over a network; Downloadable computer software designed to encode and decode data; Downloadable software for publishing data and allowing access to data; Downloadable data search software
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SYNTHESIS AND STORAGE OF DNA HAVING ATTACHED NANOSTRUCTURE
Using a nanostructure as a support structure for DNA, particular for binary data-encoding DNA, both during the writing or assembly step and during long-term storage. The nanostructure may be a nanoparticle, such as a magnetic nanoparticle (MNP), e.g., a silica-based MNP. The nanostructure serves as a carrier for DNA storage due to the high-aspect-ratio surface area of the nanostructure, which enables high-density DNA immobilization on the surfaces. When silica nanostructures are used, DNA encapsulated within the silica endures exposure to high temperatures, oxygen radicals, and ultraviolet light without significant damage, thus, supporting long term storage of the DNA. Magnetic nanostructures facilitate, via magnetic separation, buffer exchanges and removal of unligated strands.
A first set of components (e.g., recording head components) is formed on a first wafer at a first pattern density. A second set of components is formed on a second wafer at a second pattern density that is less than half that of the first pattern density. The first and second sets of components are joined to form respective subassemblies (e.g., recording head subassemblies).
Described are systems, devices and methods for staggered bits magnetic recording. A staggered bits track pattern is recorded on granular magnetic recording media, thereby mapping a data bit sequence onto adjacent tracks so that the bits in one track are staggered relative to the bits in the adjacent track. A read head having an effective cross-track width extending across the tracks is aligned to read a sequence of combined bit signals as the read head is advanced in the down-track direction. Each combined bit signal combines one bit from each adjacent track. A data channel coupled to the read head is used to disambiguate the sequence of combined bit signals, thereby reproducing the data bit sequence.
Disclosed are storage devices and methods relating to reading staggered bits recording patterns in which the data bits on adjacent tracks recorded on magnetic media are staggered in such a way that a single reader detects a combined signal from data bits on multiple tracks at selected signal sampling locations. A signal shaping algorithm is used to deconvolve the combine signals, thus isolating each of the tracks from one another so that single track bit sequences can be decoded. In this way, staggered bits patterns can use intertrack interference effects for advantage, allowing readers to read multiple bit tracks simultaneously and without ambiguity.
Described are optical recording media for recording data in voxels, the optical recording media including a plurality of data recording regions for recording the voxels, the data recording regions separated by buffer regions having optical properties such that illumination from a reader that enters one of the data recording regions remains preferentially confined in said one of the data recording regions until being scattered by interaction with one or more of the voxels. Also described are methods for reading the described optical recording media, which include separating the light received from illuminating the voxels based on wavelength, polarization, or other optical properties.
G11B 7/00 - Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower powerRecord carriers therefor
G11B 7/013 - Arrangement of the information on the record carrier, e.g. form of tracks for discrete information, i.e. where each information unit is stored in a distinct location
G11B 7/24044 - Recording layers for storing optical interference patterns, e.g. hologramsRecording layers for storing data in three dimensions, e.g. volume storage
G11B 7/24067 - Combinations of two or more layers with specific interrelation
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Wear leveling and grouping of drives based on position in chassis
A processor may determine, for each subdevice of a set of subdevices of a storage enclosure device, one or more reliability measures of the subdevice. A processor may determine, based at least on the one or more reliability measures for the subdevices and a spatial layout rule, a set of striping groups that maximizes a reliability of the set of subdevices of the storage enclosure device, each of the striping groups including a respective subset of the set of subdevices, wherein the spatial layout rule prescribes a geometric layout of the subdevices within striping groups across the storage enclosure device. A processor may store output data of a data striping operation to a particular subset of subdevices associated with a particular striping group of the set of striping groups.
A recording head includes a near-field transducer proximate a media-facing surface of the recording head. A light delivery waveguide extends from an energy source to the near-field transducer. The light delivery waveguide includes, proximate the near-field transducer, a C-shaped core of a first dielectric material. The C-shaped core has a hollow aligned with the near-field transducer. A cladding of a second dielectric material surrounds the C-shaped core.
A heat-assisted magnetic recording head includes a near-field transducer, a waveguide, and a solid immersion mirror. The near-field transducer is configured to focus and emit an optical near-field. The waveguide is configured to receive electromagnetic radiation and propagate the electromagnetic radiation toward and proximal to the near-field transducer. The solid immersion mirror is disposed proximal to the near-field transducer and along a media-facing surface of the heat-assisted magnetic recording head. The solid immersion mirror includes a first segment and a second segment disposed on opposite sides of the near-field transducer relative to a cross-track dimension of the heat-assisted magnetic recording head. The solid immersion mirror includes a thermally robust metal having a melting temperature of at least 1500 degrees Celsius. The thermally robust metal is a primary material of the solid immersion mirror.
Described are magnetic recording heads that include auxiliary current wires that drive the write pole tip, augmenting the main coils that provide magnetomotive force to the write pole. The auxiliary wires are provided in close proximity to the write pole tip near the media-facing surface of the recording head, and are preferably in closer proximity to the write pole tip than are the main coils. In certain writer designs that include one or more heat sink structures positioned near or around the write pole tip, such as may be found in heat-assisted magnetic recording writer constructions, the auxiliary wire(s) may be accommodated near or around the heat sink structures, or the heat sink structures themselves can serve as the auxiliary wires.
Fasteners such as stainless-steel screws used to physically couple at least one component within a housing of a data storage device such as a hard disk drive to secure the at least one component within the housing. The fasteners are made by first pre-treating the fasteners to form sufficient metal oxide prior to coating the fasteners in one or more lubricants.
Provided are arrangements of optical elements that combine the features of a high power, compact laser that exhibits narrow linewidth output and that does not appreciably shift in wavelength or vary in power over a wide range of temperatures. Such arrangements include a transmission filter and a Bragg reflector that select out the wavelength for which the output power of a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) is least affected by changes in temperature over a temperature range of interest. Such arrangements may also utilize temperature-insensitive materials.
G11B 7/126 - Circuits, methods or arrangements for laser control or stabilisation
G11B 5/00 - Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrierReproducing by magnetic meansRecord carriers therefor
G11B 13/08 - Recording simultaneously or selectively by methods or means covered by different main groupsRecord carriers thereforReproducing simultaneously or selectively therefrom using near-field interactions or transducing means and at least one other method or means for recording or reproducing
H01S 5/026 - Monolithically integrated components, e.g. waveguides, monitoring photo-detectors or drivers
Provided are systems, methods and configurations for high-bandwidth co-packaged optical assemblies designed to allow optical modules to be plugged directly into the optical package via slots in the front fascia panel, thus providing for field-replaceability and serviceability of the optical modules while ensuring close electronic connectivity.
A hard disk drive (HDD) includes a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head. The HAMR head includes one or more features comprising a laser device that is a heterogeneous integrated epitaxial grown GaAS laser. The laser device couples directly with a waveguide that transfers the electromagnetic radiation generated by the laser device to a near field transducer. The device includes an N-doped layer for coupling the output of the GaAs active layer to the waveguide.
G02B 6/10 - Light guidesStructural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
G11B 5/00 - Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrierReproducing by magnetic meansRecord carriers therefor
G11B 5/31 - Structure or manufacture of heads, e.g. inductive using thin film
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High-density archival storage using conventional hard disk drive architecture
Described are hard disk drives (HDDs) operable for archival applications and utilizing the same mechanical and electrical design of conventional HDDs. The capacity of a conventional HDD may be extended by up to 25% to 40% or more by employing multiple write and/or read spins before declaring success in write and read processes. The multiple write and/or read spins are designed to address the lower reliability that would otherwise result from high density packing of the data, at the cost of reducing performance. The result is an HDD with lower performance at higher capacity without sacrificing reliability and without altering conventional HDD mechanical or electrical design.
Read and write transducer elements have very high reliability for most of their respective lives. Only a small percentage of transducer elements fail after a significant duration of operation in the field, but failure rate ramps up significantly with as the transducer elements age, particularly with heavy read and write use. Prior solutions to this problem involve regularly running data field integrity checks. However, the data field integrity checks are resource intensive and yield significant latency impacts. The presently disclosed technology renders data field integrity checks (that come with high latency costs) dependent upon periodic or continuous head health monitoring schemes (that come with low latency costs). The data field integrity checks are triggered by a “poor health” signal generating from the head health monitoring schemes rather than being continuously or periodically performed with no regard to projected head health.
G11B 5/55 - Track change, selection, or acquisition by displacement of the head
G06F 3/06 - Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers
G11B 25/04 - Apparatus characterised by the shape of record carrier employed but not specific to the method of recording or reproducing using flat record carriers, e.g. disc, card
G11B 27/36 - Monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing
Disclosed are methods and assemblies used to optically communicate signals within a hard disk drive between controller electronics and recording heads. One or more transceivers in a fixed location can be used to communicate with one or more transceivers positioned on a moveable actuator and coupled to the recording heads. The use of linear motion actuators can help preserve line-of-sight optical communication between the transceivers.
A method comprises forming a single-crystal-like metal layer on a metal seed layer, the metal seed layer formed on a carrier wafer. The method comprises forming a first diffusion layer on the single-crystal-like metal layer. The method also comprises forming a second diffusion layer on a dielectric layer of a target substrate, the target substrate comprising one or more recording head subassemblies. The method further comprises flipping and joining the carrier wafer with the target substrate such that the first and second diffusion layers are bonded and the single-crystal-like metal layer is integrated with the recording head as a near-field transducer.
G11B 5/127 - Structure or manufacture of heads, e.g. inductive
G11B 5/60 - Fluid-dynamic spacing of heads from record carriers
G11B 5/84 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing record carriers
G11B 7/124 - Integrated head arrangements, e.g. with source and detectors mounted on the same substrate the integrated head arrangements including waveguides
Polynomial function secret sharing provides for computation of reconstruction share results for a polynomial function on an input. An allocatable share of the polynomial function is received at a computing system of the share result computation systems. The allocatable share is generated from the polynomial function. Each of the allocatable shares is distributed to a unique share result computation system of the share result computation systems. Each allocatable share includes a share element for each coefficient in the polynomial function, wherein the share elements for a coefficient across the share result computation systems summing to the coefficient. A reconstruction share result is generated at the computing system by computing a dot product of the input and the allocatable share received by the computing system. A combination of the reconstruction share results generated by the share result computation systems yields a reconstructed result of the polynomial function on the input.
Described are systems, devices and methods for regulating speculative reading in a hard disk drive that has a read reliability budget. Regulating speculative reading under a read reliability budget involves selecting an amount of read look ahead (RLA) in response to determining whether or not a read rate exceeds the read reliability budget. When the read rate is lower than the read reliability budget, a full RLA amount can be used, thus ensuring high performance. When the read rate exceeds the read reliability budget, the RLA amount can be adjusted down while maintaining performance at acceptable levels. Adjustments to RLA may be made at periodic intervals, and in response to whether the workload is more sequential or more random.
Disclosed are sealed enclosure HAMR hard drives, and methods for use therewith, that reduce the rate of depletion of gaseous Oxygen within the sealed HAMR drive enclosure, thereby leaving an amount of Oxygen available for mitigation of the effects of carbonaceous residue formation, thus extending the useful life of the HAMR drive. In sealed enclosure HAMR hard drives that include a component having a NdFeB alloy magnet, the sealed enclosure is filled with a gas mixture that includes primarily Helium along with a sufficient amount of Oxygen to mitigate carbonaceous residue formation during the lifetime of the drive and a sufficient amount of Nitrogen to reduce the rate of Oxygen depletion due to oxidation of the NdFeB magnet.
A method for calibrating a hard drive having a heat-assisted magnetic recording head is provided. The method includes performing, across an increasing temperature ramp, a first set of write/read operations using the head, performing, across a decreasing temperature ramp, a second set of write/read operations using the head, generating performance data associated with the head based on the first set of write/read operations and the second set of write/read operations, calculating a comparison value based on the performance data associated with the head and performance data associated with a plurality of heads, and adjusting an operating parameter value of the head based on the comparison value exceeding a threshold, the adjusted operating parameter reducing a likelihood that a laser of the head will exhibit write instability.
G11B 11/10 - Recording on, or reproducing from, the same record carrier wherein for these two operations the methods or means are covered by different main groups of groups or by different subgroups of group Record carriers therefor using recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation
G11B 5/02 - Recording, reproducing or erasing methodsRead, write or erase circuits therefor
G11B 27/36 - Monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing
G11B 5/00 - Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrierReproducing by magnetic meansRecord carriers therefor
A method of rotating a set of keys, having a media encryption key (MEK) and a current media encryption key encryption key (MEKEK) encrypted and stored in a self-encrypting drive (SED) having data encrypted with the MEK (MEK (data)), includes decrypting the stored MEK and the current MEKEK. A new MEK (MEK′) and a new MEKEK (MEKEK′) are generated. The MEKEK′ is encrypted to replace the current encrypted MEKEK. A concatenation of the MEK and the MEK′ is encrypted with MEKEK′. The encrypted data MEK (data) is re-encrypted with MEK′.
A data storage system can utilize one or more data storage devices that employ a solid-state non-volatile read destructive memory consisting of ferroelectric memory cells. A leveling strategy can be generated by a wear module connected to the memory with the leveling strategy prescribing a plurality of memory cell operating parameters associated with different amounts of cell wear. The wear module may monitor activity of a memory cell and detect an amount of wear in the memory cell as a result of the monitored activity, which can prompt changing a default set of operating parameters for the memory cell to a first stage of operating parameters, as prescribed by the leveling strategy, in response to the detected amount of wear.
A computing system cryptographically generates an intermediate message authentication code as a function of the message and a cryptographic key assigned to a first party. The computing system also generates a first instance of an aggregate message authentication code corresponding to the message by combining the intermediate message authentication code with one or more other intermediate message authentication codes of one or more second parties. Each code of the one or more other intermediate message authentication codes is cryptographically generated as a function of the message and individual cryptographic key assigned to each of the one or more second parties.
A computing system determines a maximum field size for a field containing values of quantized versions of a weight matrix, an input data matrix, and a bias matrix and determines a weight upper bound of scaling factors for the weight matrix based on values of the weight matrix, an input data upper bound of scaling factors for the input data matrix based on values of the input data matrix, and a bias upper bound of scaling factors for the bias matrix based on values of the bias matrix. The computing system also sets a weight scaling factor of the weight matrix, an input data scaling factor of the input data matrix, and a bias scaling factor for the bias matrix in two different cases: when the sum is less than or equal to the bias upper bound and when the sum is greater than the bias upper bound.
A data storage system for use in a high radiation environment has a radiation-hardened storage controller that measures a current draw of a storage drive in a storage array. The storage drive is not radiation-hardened. Based on a characteristic of the current draw, a latch up is detected the storage drive. Based on the detected latch up, power is removed from all or part of the storage drive. After a cooling period has elapsed, the power is reapplied to the storage drive.
A method of planarizing a device having a surface topography with at least one material at a surface of the device is described. The method comprises the steps of depositing a stop layer over at least a portion of the at least one material which substantially retains the surface topography of the device. A sacrificial layer is deposited over at least a portion of the stop layer. A planarization process is performed on the device. The planarization process includes the steps of performing a chemical mechanical polish (CMP) on the top surface of the sacrificial layer. A physical removal step is conducted on the remainder portion of the sacrificial layer to form a planarized surface. A second CMP step and a second physical removal step are conducted, to form a planarized device.
A heat-assisted magnetic recording head includes a near-field transducer, a waveguide, and a resonance enhancing feature. The near-field transducer is configured to focus and emit an optical near-field. The waveguide is configured to receive electromagnetic radiation and propagate the electromagnetic radiation toward and proximal to the near-field transducer. The resonance enhancing feature is disposed proximal to the near-field transducer and to a media-facing surface of the heat-assisted magnetic recording head. The resonance enhancing feature includes a first segment and a second segment disposed on opposite sides of the near-field transducer relative to a cross-track dimension of the heat-assisted magnetic recording head. Each of the first segment and the second segment of the resonance enhancing feature includes a liner and a filler. The liner of each of the first segment and the second segment at least partially faces the near-field transducer. The filler of each of the first segment and the second segment is disposed distal to the near-field transducer relative to the liner of the respective segment.
A method includes partially forming a top chamfer on a disc substrate with a first brush, and partially forming a bottom chamfer on the disc substrate with a second brush. The method also includes completing the formation of the bottom chamfer with the first brush, and completing the formation of the top chamfer with the second brush.
G11B 5/84 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing record carriers
B24B 9/06 - Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrsAccessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of materials specific to articles to be ground of non-metallic inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain
B24B 9/10 - Machines or devices designed for grinding edges or bevels on work or for removing burrsAccessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of materials specific to articles to be ground of non-metallic inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain of glass of plate glass
A method for mitigating the effects of malware is provided. The method includes determining a compressibility of a portion of data, determining a data corruption condition is satisfied based on the determined compressibility, and modifying a retention policy for retention of stored snapshots associated with the portion of data based on the satisfaction of the data corruption condition. The modifying of the retention policy includes generating a first snapshot associated with the portion of the data, prior to writing cached data associated with the portion of the data, writing the cached data associated with the portion of the data, and generating a second snapshot associated with the portion of the data, responsive to the deletion.
A method for serial and contemporaneous synthesis of disparate deoxy-ribonucleic acid (DNA) strands in an array of wells defined within a substrate. Each well in the array of wells contains a precursor nucleotide chain. A first subset of wells of the array of wells is designated not to receive a nucleotide of a specified nucleobase type and the first subset of wells is closed. A solution of a binding reaction enzyme and nucleotides of the specified nucleobase type bound with a corresponding chemical blocker is flowed over the array of wells. Nucleotides of the specified nucleobase type are received in each of a second subset of wells of the array of wells that are open and designated to receive the nucleotide of the specified nucleobase type. Received nucleotides of the specified nucleobase type are bound with assistance of the binding reaction enzyme to corresponding precursor nucleotide chains in the second subset of wells.
The system disclosed herein includes one or more storage drives, an FPGA based controller board, and a flash memory configured to store one or more FPGA executable binary libraries. The FPGA based controller board may include a drive logic detector configured to detect the type of the one or more of the storage drives and an FPGA executable libraries configuration module configured to select one or more of the FPGA executable binary libraries from the flash memory based on the type of the one or more of the storage drives to implement an FPGA based interface for communication between the one or more storage drives and a host.
A system on chip (SOC) integrated circuit device having an incorporated ferroelectric memory configured to be selectively refreshed, or not, depending on different operational modes. The ferroelectric memory is formed of an array of ferroelectric memory elements (FMEs) characterized as non-volatile, read-destructive semiconductor memory cells each having at least one ferroelectric layer. A read/write circuit writes data to the FMEs and subsequently reads back data from the FMEs responsive to respective write and read signals supplied by a processor circuit of the SOC. A refresh circuit is selectively enabled in a first normal mode to refresh the FMEs after a read operation, and is selectively disabled in a second exception mode so that the FMEs are not refreshed after a read operation.
G11C 11/22 - Digital stores characterised by the use of particular electric or magnetic storage elementsStorage elements therefor using electric elements using ferroelectric elements
G11C 7/10 - Input/output [I/O] data interface arrangements, e.g. I/O data control circuits, I/O data buffers
G11C 17/12 - Read-only memories programmable only onceSemi-permanent stores, e.g. manually-replaceable information cards using semiconductor devices, e.g. bipolar elements in which contents are determined during manufacturing by a predetermined arrangement of coupling elements, e.g. mask-programmable ROM using field-effect devices
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Method for forming a HAMR recording head with a protruding near-field transducer
A method involves forming a recording head that comprises a waveguide, a write pole, and a near-field transducer proximate the write pole. The near-field transducer has an extended portion extending towards a surface of the recording head and operable to direct plasmons to a recording medium. The surface of the recording head is lapped to form a lapped surface. A resist or hardmask is patterned on the lapped surface in a region that encompasses the extended portion. The lapped surface is etched with the resist or hardmask pattern to form a media-facing surface such that the extended portion protrudes beyond the media-facing surface by a first distance, and the resist or hardmask is removed.
An electronic device including a housing having an interior gas space, at least one electronic component positioned within the housing, an environmental control module positioned within the housing, wherein the environmental control module contains a sorbent, and a relative humidity sensor in communication with the interior gas space, wherein the interior gas space is maintainable at a relative humidity of 0% as measured by the relative humidity sensor. The interior gas space may include between about 97% and about 99.9% helium expressed as a molar fraction and at least a portion of the remainder as molecular oxygen. The sorbent can include at least one of a type A zeolite, a type X zeolite, or a type Y zeolite.
An apparatus includes a data storage disc having a read/write surface, and an arm extending along an arm axis and having a head end that supports a head that is configured to interact with the read/write surface. The apparatus also includes a rail extending along a rail axis that is normal to the arm axis, and a carriage coupled to the arm and movably coupled to the rail. The apparatus further includes a latch mechanism configured to releasably hold the carriage to the rail at a fixed position.
Evolving function secret sharing is performed on a given function by multiple share parties, A dealer selects a random vector for each share party corresponding to an arrival order. The dealer generates an array of function shares for each share party of the set, each array including a function share based on the random vector corresponding to the share party and one or more function shares cryptographically generated based on the random vector corresponding to each previously-arrived share party. The dealer distributes an array of the function shares to each share party, wherein a first function share result resulting from a computation of a first function share on given input data and at least a second function share result resulting from a computation of a second function share on the given input data are combinable to yield a result of the given function executed on the given input data.
