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To: Sam Citron who wrote (10798)	9/12/2003 1:24:36 PM
From: Sam Citron	Respond to of 11057

Reference: IDEMA Standards Committees The IDEMA Consumer Electronics Standards Committee Maurice Schlumberger of Maxtor is the chair of this committee. Other members include Tom Coughlin, co-chair; Dabasis Baral of Samsung; Dan Colegrove of Hitachi GST; Darrin Bulik of Western Digital; Dave Anderson and Marc Noblitt of Seagate; Gordon Hughes of UCSD; Hiroshi Suzuki of Toshiba; Phil Rich and Yin Shih of Maxtor; and Sumit Puri of Fujitsu. The committee is currently working on AV Benchmarks, including input into AV command sets. idema.org The IDEMA Disks and Substrates Standards Committee Yiao-Tee Hsia of Seagate and Jim Chao of Komag are the co-chairs of this committee. Other committee members include: Tom Coughlin; Jason Gao of MMC Technology; Ward Huang of Western Digital; and Robert Kertayasa of Candela Instruments. The committee is working on one-inch microdrive disk form factors, creating a glossary of terms, different substrate thickness, optical glide and certification. idema.org Equipment & Automation Standards Committee E1_91: Standard for Vertical Universal Carriers for Rigid Disks E2_91: Standard for Vertical Processing Carriers E3_93: Guideline for Definition and Measurement of Equipment, Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) E4_95: Revision of 95mm Dimension E5_95: Revision of 95mm Dimension idema.org ESD Standards Committee ESD1_00: MR & GMR Heads General Practices for ESD Control ESD2_01: Packaging Standard for Disk Drives and Components ESD3_01: Glossary of Terms Used in ESD Control Documents idema.org Heads and Suspensions Committee Membership Stuart Giere, Chair Hutchinson Technology XiaoGuang Ye Alps Electric Sanford Bolasna Hitachi Global Storage Technology Frank Martinho KR Precision Magnecomp Maxtor Ellis Cha SAE Momo Boljanovic Samsung Harlan Kragt Seagate Dick Krum Western Digital Drew Lawson Western Digital This committee is currently working on resonance issues and electrical measurements. H1_91: 70% Micro-Head Suspension Specification H2_91:Specification for 70% Micro-Thin Film Slider H5_93:Specification for 50% H6_93: Pico Slider: Specification for 30% Thin Film Slider H6.1_93: Addition to the Pico Slider Specification H7_94: Sign Convention Standard H8_94: Glossary of Suspension Terms Purpose H9_95: Slider Pole Tip Topography Definitions H10_95: 11mm Suspension Length Standard H11_97: Thin Film Pole Tip Geometry Definitions H12_98: MR Pinouts H13_98: Femto Slider: Specification for 20% Thin Film Slider H14_99: Femto Slider Transducer Location H15_00: Femto Head Pinout & Polarity Convention idema.org Microcontamination M1-98: Terms and Definitions for Microcontamination M2-98: Materials Used in Hard Disk Drives M3-98: Effects of Contamination in Disk Drives M4-98: Recommended Practice: Disk Drive Industry Default Reporting Units for Contamination M5-98: Contaminant Transport Mechanisms in Hard Disk Drives: Terminology M6-98: Environmental Testing for Corrosion Resistance and for Media Compatibility M7-98: Organic Contamination as Nonvolatile Residue (NVR) M8-98: Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) by Static Headspace GC/MS M9-98: Particulate Contamination Test Methods for Hard Disk Drive Components M10-98: Special Cations Analysis M11-99: General Outgas Test Procedure by Dynamic Headspace Analysis M13-99: Measurement of Extractable/Leachable Anion Contamination Levels on Drive Components by Ion Chromatography (IC) idema.org Reliability Committee Reliability Standards Committee Membership Jon Elerath, Network Appliance, chair R1-98: HDD Handling Environment Assessment & Simulation for Procedure Using Test Tailoring R2-98: Specification of Hard Disk Drive Reliability R3-98: Disk Drive Reliability Benchmark Test Specifications Archival Sub-committee Test Methods Rigid Disk Drive Test Signals Rigid Disk Drive Head and Media Glossary Track Average Amplitude Test idema.org