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To: La Traguhs who wrote (5987)	3/30/1999 11:09:00 PM
From: Stitch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9256

LT, <<On your question about the microactuator, I'm digging some stuff I have on that especially what Fujitsu has on the drawing boards, which is similar to what the rest of the gang is going to be doing.>> I have some Fujitsu drawings also, the first of which is one they showed in Las Vegas at the Data Storage/ Head media conference in Fall, 97. They have been quite open on this discussion as well as on the CAPS program which they began sharing with industry folks as early as as the Tokyo Diskcon in 1996. Now here are my comments and questions. This openness is a bit unusual amongst Japanese companies and Fujitsu in particular. You have any idea why? I had heard some slight rumblings of Fujitsu wanting to supply suspensions but only a slight rumor and only once. It has not come up on the radar screen since and I have not been able to confirm that they are indeed doing anything other then plannning internal invention and supply. Still it seems curious to me to see them engaged in the public discussions about this new design that will be fairly critical in the pursuit of Gordon's Law in the near future. Most technology prognosis I have seen in the last year highlight track density versus linear density (recording frequency) as the primary half of the equation on which the design focus will be for overall areal density increases. This places emphasis on head design, servo design, and positioning. Is there a de facto standards race going on that I am unaware of? Why would this area of drive design, which has been so proprietary in the past, suddenly be propelled into the standards arena if indeed it is? Or am I overestimating the value of what Fujitsu has been showing? best, Stitch