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> >"Architectures and Algorithms for MEMS-based Storage"
> >
> >Presenter:
> >Scott Brandt
> >Computer Science Department; Storage Systems Research Center
> >University of California, Santa Cruz
> >
> >A SEMINAR jointly sponsored by the
> >Colorado Center for Information Storage at the University of Colorado,
> >Boulder
> >and the Denver Chapter of the IEEE Magnetics Society
> >
> >DATE:
> >Monday, November 11, 2002
> >
> >TIME:
> >5:30 pm
> >
> >PLACE:
> >Classroom ECCR 105 (first floor, classroom wing)
> >College of Engineering
> >University of Colorado, Boulder
> >
> >TITLE:
> >Architectures and Algorithms for MEMS-based Storage
> >
> >SPEAKER:
> >Scott Brandt
> >Computer Science Department; Storage Systems Research Center
> >University of California, Santa Cruz
> >
> >ABSTRACT:
> >Hard drives have dominated secondary storage for the past few decades.
>These
> >devices have well-known characteristics and optimal device access
>algorithms
> >and parameters are well known.  A new class of secondary storage devices
> >based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) currently being developed
> >promise seek times 10-20 times faster than current hard drives, storage
> >densities 10 times greater, and power consumption an order of magnitude
> >lower. MEMS devices provide non-volatile storage using either physical or
> >magnetic recording techniques to achieve extremely high density storage. In
> >order to achieve these high densities, MEMS-based storage designs use a
> >non-rotating storage device with storage media on one surface and a large
> >array of read/write heads on another surface directly above the storage
> >media. By moving the surfaces relative to each other using MEMS actuators,
> >each read/write head can access a region of the surface.  Although the
> >physical characteristics of MEMS storage devices are expected to conform to
> >the various design alternatives being examined, relatively little research
> >has been conducted on how to actually use these devices.  Because the
> >physical characteristics of these devices will differ significantly from
> >those of hard drives, storage system architectures and algorithms developed
> >for hard drives are unlikely to prove optimal for these new devices.  This
> >talk presents new research at the UCSC Storage Systems Research Center that
> >examines these system-level issues in the context of MEMS-based storage,
> >including storage system architectures based on MEMS devices, optimal
> >request scheduling algorithms, and MEMS-specific power management
> >techniques.
> >
> >BIOGRAPHY:
> >Dr. Scott A. Brandt is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and a
> >founding member of the Storage Systems Research Center at the University of
> >California, Santa Cruz.  He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the
> >University of Colorado at Boulder, and an M.S. in Computer Science and a
> >Bachelor of Mathematics, both from the University of Minnesota.  Prior to
> >joining academia, Dr. Brandt spent over a decade in industry doing research
> >and development at various companies including Honeywell Systems and
> >Research Center, Alliant Techsystems Research and Technology Center, Secure
> >Computing Corporation, and Theseus Research, a company he co-founded to
> >research asynchronous logic and parallel computer languages.  His current
> >research interests include next generation storage systems and real-time
>and
> >soft real-time processing.
> >
> >OTHER INFORMATION:
> >All are welcome - both IEEE members and non-members.  If you are not a
> >member, please consider joining the IEEE Magnetics Society to help support
> >events like this.  See http://www.ieeemagnetics.org for more information.
> >
> >The talk is free and open to all; reservations are not required.
> >
> >Refreshments provided by KnowledgeTek (http://knowledgetek.com).
> >
> >Directions and a map are available at http://ccis.colorado.edu -- click on
> >"Seminars", then on "Directions."
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