Collaborative Research: Cross-Layer and Unified Signal Processing System Design for Ultra-High-Capacity Next-Generation Magnetic Storage

合作研究：超高容量下一代磁存储的跨层和统一信号处理系统设计

• 批准号: 1128148
• 负责人: Tong Zhang
• 金额: $ 21.5万
• 依托单位: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1128148&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Cross; Layer; Unified

The objective of this research is to develop signal processing system design solutions to enable high-performance and low-cost hybrid solid-state/magnetic hard disk drives with beyond 1 Tbit per square inch areal density. The proposed research aims to cohesively develop powerful signal processing algorithms and low-cost VLSI architecture solutions that can simultaneously address the low signal-to-media-noise ratio and high system fault tolerance implementation cost faced by the emerging hybrid shingled written recording systems. The intellectual merit of this proposal lies in the theme of developing unified signal processing system design solutions from both theory and practical implementation perspectives. New non-controllable trellis-based finite-state detectors and their efficient VLSI architectures will be developed to address the loss of signal-to-media-noise ratio caused by shingled writing. A unified read channel design approach and a data-management-aware signal processing strategy will be further developed to reduce the overall system signal processing implementation cost. The broader impact of the proposed research is that it will enable the development of low-cost ultra-high capacity mass data storage drives to accommodate the exploding global data volume. It also contributes greatly to sustaining the historical magnetic recording areal density growth rate, providing a direct benefit to this strategically important high technology sector critical to the economic health of the nation. Extra effort will be made to recruit women and other under-represented groups as research assistants in this project, involve representatives of the Pacific Islander minority as undergraduate researchers, and reach out to high school students as part of outreach efforts.

本研究的目标是开发信号处理系统设计解决方案，以实现高性能、低成本的混合固态/磁性硬盘驱动器，其面密度超过每平方英寸 1 Tbit。拟议的研究旨在共同开发强大的信号处理算法和低成本的VLSI架构解决方案，以同时解决新兴混合叠瓦式写入记录系统面临的低信媒体噪声比和高系统容错实施成本的问题。该提案的智力价值在于从理论和实际实现的角度开发统一信号处理系统设计解决方案的主题。将开发新的基于不可控网格的有限状态检测器及其高效的 VLSI 架构，以解决叠瓦写入引起的信媒体噪声比损失问题。将进一步开发统一的读取通道设计方法和数据管理感知信号处理策略，以降低总体系统信号处理实施成本。拟议研究的更广泛影响在于，它将促进低成本超高容量海量数据存储驱动器的开发，以适应爆炸式增长的全球数据量。它还为维持历史上的磁记录面密度增长率做出了巨大贡献，为这一对国家经济健康至关重要的具有战略意义的高科技行业提供了直接利益。我们将付出额外的努力，招募女性和其他代表性不足的群体作为该项目的研究助理，让太平洋岛民少数民族的代表作为本科生研究人员，并作为外展工作的一部分，接触高中生。