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June 2004

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Recent Developments

• IBM and Infineon Promote Magnetic Memory to Replace Flash Technology
• Motorola Debuts A Prototype of A Nanocrystal Flash Chip
• Lexar Media Ships 4-Gbyte Compact Flash Card
• Researchers Package Semiconductor Chips in Three Dimensions
• IBM Turns Data-Storage Systems into Modules
• DRAM Market Makes Slight Gains
• IBM, HP, and Carnegie Mellon Develop Tangible Bits

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Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Bits and Bytes
• Error Correction
• CLV and CAV
• Magnetic Recording
• Hard-Disk Drives
• Tapes
• Optical Recording
• Semiconductor/Solid-State Technology
• Computer Storage and Consumer Electronics
• Components

Commercial Development Parameters

• Demand Factors
• General Constraints
• Competing Technologies
• Regulatory Factors
• Required Resources
• Synergistic Technologies

Areas to Monitor

• Mainstream Technologies
• Blue Lasers
• Three-Dimensional Storage
• Nanochip
• Holographic Storage Technology
• Spectral-Hole Burning
• Focused Charged-Particle Beam
• Digital Video Recorders
• E-Disks for Superfast Applications
• Miniaturization of Storage Technologies
• GIGAMO
• Potential Shift Beyond Binary Logic and Storage
• Magnetic Memory for Computational Logic
• Nanometer-Size Geometries for Storage Technologies
• Live Cells for Data Storage
• Organic Molecules for Information Storage
• Ultra-High-Density Storage Possibilities with Nanoscale Magnetic Sensors

Implications of Commercialization

• Higher Storage Densities
• Overcapacity
• Miniaturization
• The Late-Blooming CD-Rs and CD-RWs
• DVDs And DVD-RAMs
• Impending New Technologies

Market Development

• Hard-Disk Drives
• Optical Storage Technology
• Flash Memories

Applications

• Magnetic Storage Devices
• Hard-Disk Drives
• Tapes
• Digital Video Recorders
• Conventional Floppy Disks
• Advanced Floppies
• Storage Networking
• Optical Storage Devices
• Compact Discs
• CD-ROMs
• CD-Rs and CD-RWs
• Magneto-Optical Discs
• DVDs
• DVD-Video
• DVD-ROMs
• DVD-RAMs
• DVD-Audio
• Flash Memories
• Digital Cameras
• Portable Devices

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