Title :
The millipede, a very dense, highly parallel scanning-probe data-storage system
Author :
Cherubini, G. ; Antonakopoulos, T. ; Bächtold, P. ; Binnig, G.K. ; Despont, M. ; Drechsler, U. ; Dholakia, A. ; Dürig, U. ; Eleftheriou, E. ; Gotsmann, B. ; Häberle, W. ; Lantz, M.A. ; Loeliger, T. ; Pozidis, H. ; Rothuizen, H.E. ; Stutz, R. ; Vettiger, P
Author_Institution :
IBM Zurich Res. Lab., Rüschlikon, Switzerland
Abstract :
Ultrahigh storage densities of up to 1 Tbit/in2. can be achieved by local-probe techniques to write, read back, and erase data in very thin polymer films. The thermo-mechanical scanning-probe-based data-storage concept called Millipede combines ultrahigh density, terabit capacity, small form factor, and high data rate. After illustrating the principles of operation of the Millipede, we introduce a channel model for the analysis of the read back process, and compare analytical results with experimental data.
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2002. ESSCIRC 2002. Proceedings of the 28th European
Conference_Location :
Florence, Italy
