Abstract: In rigid disk drives, slider/disk interface (SDI) wear should ideally occur only during the start/stop (S/S) process. Good S/S wear performance is crucial, but often difficult to achieve. This ...

Abstract: The current trend in the magnetic storage industry is the reduction of the slider size and the height at which the slider flies over a rigid disk. Lower flying heights are achieved by ...

Abstract: The volumetric information storage density of rigid disk drives continues to increase through decreases in the slider-disk separation (i.e., the flying height). Reductions in slider-disk separations ...