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Subodh Kulkarni Executive Director, R&D Imation Magnetic and Optical Technologies November 15, 2005
Imation Participates in All Four Pillars of Storage
• Magnetic Tape Cartridges • Recordable CD/DVD • Advanced Optical - Blue
Magnetic
Optical
Solid State Flash
Hard Disk November 2005
Imation Participates in All Four Pillars of Storage
• Magnetic Tape Cartridges • Recordable CD/DVD • Advanced Optical - Blue
Magnetic
Optical November 2005
Magnetic Tape and Disk are Complementary with Tape Providing Economical Advantage for Archival & Back-up Applications Tape Technology Disk Technology
10 TB - 3 Years Total Cost of Ownership
Long Term Archival & Back-up
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Cost ($/GB)
700,000
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600,000
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Removability/Portability
Power & Cooling Floor Space
500,000
Off-site/Non-Powered 400,000 Storage
Administration
9
Software Maintenance
Cost ($)
Hardware Maintenance
300,000
Technology Roadmap
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Software Cost
200,000
Random Access Capability 100,000 Speed Capacity
Media
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0 LTO
RAID
Hardware Cost
9
9 Source: Imation
November 2005
Magnetic Tape Technology is Aggressively Increasing Areal Density
1 TB
1.00E+10 Servowriting technology
1.00E+09 1.00E+08
Bits/in2
1.00E+07
40% CAGR
1.00E+06 1.00E+05 1.00E+04 30% CAGR
1.00E+03 1.00E+02 1950
1960
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2010
2020
Year IBM
LTO
STK
DLT
Source: Imation
November 2005
Key Drivers for Magnetic Tape Capacity & Transfer Rate are Track Density, Bit Density and Length of Tape Driver
% Increase from ‘03 - ‘06 Imation’s Projection
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Track Density • •
~100-250%
Precision in servo writing/slitting processes Track following: tape path design
N-Pattern Servo Technology
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Bit Density • •
~50-150%
Media Output, SNR, low errors Data channel Encoding/De-coding efficiency
TeraÅngstrom Technology
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Thinner Substrate •
~25%
Length of tape per cartridge
TeraÅngstrom Technology November 2005
Magnetic Servo is Needed for Tracking
Current LTO Magnetic Tape with Inverted V Servo Pattern
Magnetic Tape with No Servo Pattern
November 2005
N-Pattern Servo for higher track density… A novel servo pattern to enable precision tracking for 1 TB and beyond
Imation Patented N-Pattern Servo is Key to Enable 1 TB and Beyond Capacity “N” Pattern Servo Frames
LTO Servo Frames
A
B
LTO Cartridge Sample
B
A
0.2 0.18
PES Std Dev (um)
0.16 0.14 0.12
LTO Actual
0.1
N Pattern Model
0.08
N Pattern Actual
0.06 0.04 0.02 0 80
40
0
-40
-80
Servo Band Position (um)
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N-Pattern Servo provides a step changing in tracking accuracy Will be used in all Sun T10000 500 GB/1 TB systems, and in other high capacity formats in future November 2005
TeraÅngstrom Technology for higher bit density and
length of tape in cartridge…. A novel magnetic media process enabling Ångstrom level surface smoothness to store Terabyte and beyond capacity using thin substrate
Imation Proprietary TeraÅngstrom Magnetic Tape Technology Enables Superior Performance • Dispersion preparation – smaller and more uniform magnetic particles • Quiescent (gentle) drying – smoother surface • In-line calendering – thin substrate handling November 2005
Imation TeraÅngstrom Magnetic Tape Technology Enables Terabyte and Higher Capacity Tape Cartridges
TeraÅngstrom Technology
Conventional Technology
Ångstrom Smoothness
Nano Smoothness November 2005
Magnetic Tape Technology Continues to Stay Competitive, and Imation is Well Positioned to Lead
MegaBytes
GigaBytes
TeraBytes Imation Patented TeraÅngstrom & N-Pattern Servo
Multi TeraBytes Imation Patented Thin Film Sputter Technology November 2005
Imation Participates in All Four Pillars of Storage
• Magnetic Tape Cartridges • Recordable CD/DVD • Advanced Optical - Blue
Magnetic
Optical November 2005
Imation Technology Efforts in Optical Disc are in Differentiated Recordable CD/DVD, and Advanced Optical • Differentiated recordable CD/DVD – We have launched ForceFieldTM scratch resistant, finger-print resistant and anti-static recordable CD/DVDs
ForceFieldTM disc
Standard disc
Standard discs
8X DVD
ForceField™ discs 8x DVD ForceField™ Disc
Standard Disc
8X DVD
8X DVD
Discs subjected to similar abrasion test
Discs subjected to water drops
November 2005
Printable Optical Demand Continues to Increase in Near Future 1.60 1.40 HD DVD / Blu-ray Printable
1.00 DVD Printable
0.80 0.60
CD Printable
0.40 0.20
200 8
200 7
200 6
200 5E
200 4A
200 3A
0.00 200 2A
Units ( Billions )
1.20
Source: U&S, Santa Clara and Imation November 2005
Water-fast Inkjet Printable Recordable CD/DVDs to be Launched Soon
• Project Crystal: Break-through proprietary technology – – – – –
Water-fast Superior whiteness Uniform opacity High saturation density and image quality Enhanced abrasion resistance
• Other differentiation opportunities being investigated – Archive Disc • Hard-coat • Unique dye • Longer lasting
November 2005
Market Comparison GlobalDevelopment Media Demand Estimation 10,000 9,000
Source: JRIA, Cambridge Associates, Imation Est.
8,000
Millions of Units
7,000
Recordable CD
6,000
Recordable DVD
5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000
Blue Media
1,000 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Recordable CD Total
Recordable DVD Total
Blue Media Total November 2005
Blue Laser is Driving Future Optical CD
1st generation 75 min Audio 0.7 GB 1X: 1.2 Mb/s 0.5 Gb/in2
DVD
2nd generation 2 Hr SD Video 4.7 GB / 8.5 GB 1X: 11 Mb/s 4 Gb/in2
HD DVD
3nd generation 2 Hr HD-Video 15-20/30-40 GB 1X: 36 Mb/s 11 Gb/in2
Blu-ray
3rd generation 2 Hr HD-Video 25 GB / 50 GB 1X: 36 Mb/s 19 Gb/in2
November 2005
Modular Technology Building Block Investment Enables Flexibility Precision Mastering
Initializing
Injection Molding Spinstand Testing
Vacuum Coating
Vacuum Bonding November 2005
Imation Plans to Introduce Recordable Blue Disc When Drives are Available Next Year
• US based technology development – – – –
IP Close proximity to key customers like US Government is beneficial Stream-lined supply chain Time to market
• Flexible modular investments enabling launch of product, whichever specific format wins – Blu-ray or HD DVD – Single or Dual layer – Dye (Recordable once) or Thin Film (Rewritable)
November 2005
Optical Disc Technology Has Significant Growth Potential, and Imation is Well Positioned to Compete Effectively • We are focused on launching new, differentiated CD/DVD products • In Advanced Optical, we are well positioned to grow with whichever format wins
November 2005
Thank you!