Coughlin Thomas M. Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics: The Essential Guide

2nd edition. — Springer, 2018. — 245 p. — ISBN10: 3319699067, 13 978-3319699066.This book provides an introduction to digital storage for consumer electronics. It discusses the various types of digital storage, including emerging non-volatile solid-state storage technologies and their advantages and disadvantages. It discusses the best practices for selecting, integrating, and using storage devices for various applications. It explores the networking of devices into an overall organization that results in always-available home storage combined with digital storage in the cloud to create an infrastructure to support emerging consumer applications and the Internet of Things. It also looks at the role of digital storage devices in creating security and privacy in consumer products.Objectives in this Chapter.
The Growth of Consumer Electronics.
Many Types of Memory.
Growth in Digital Content Drives Storage Growth.
Economics of Consumer Devices.
Rules for Design of Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics.
Classification of Devices Using Storage in the Home.
Consumer Electronic Storage Hierarchies.
Multiple Storage and Hybrid Storage Devices.Fundamentals of Hard Disk Drives.
Objectives in This Chapter.
History of Hard Disk Drives.
Hard Disk Magnetic Recording Basics.
How Data Is Organized on a Hard Disk Drive.
Hard Disk Drive Performance and Reliability.
Hard Disk Drive Design for Mobile and Static CE Applications.
The Cost of Manufacturing a Hard Disk Drive.
Disk Drive External Interfaces.
Hard Disk Drive Technology Development.Fundamentals of Optical Storage.
Objectives in this Chapter.
Optical Disc Technologies.
Basic Operation of an Optical Disc Drive.
How Data is Organized on an Optical Disc.
Optical Disc Form Factors.
Optical Disc Reliability.
Holographic Recording.
Optical Disc Storage Development.Fundamentals of Flash Memory and Other Solid-State Memory Technologies.
Objectives in this Chapter.
Development and History of Flash Memory.
Erasing, Writing, and Reading Flash Memory.
Difficulties that Cause “Wear” in Flash Memory.
Common Flash Memory Storage Technologies: NOR and NAND.
Bit Errors in NAND Flash.
Managing Wear in NAND and NOR.
Bad Block Management.
Embedded Versus Removable NAND Flash.
Flash Memory File Systems.
Single-Level Cell and Multilevel Cell Flash Memory.
Stacking Die to Achieve Higher Storage Capacity.
Trade-Offs with Multilevel Flash Memory.
Types of Flash Memory Used in CE Devices.
Flash Memory Environmental Sensitivity.
Using Memory Reliability Specifications to Estimate Product Lifetime.
Flash Memory Cell Lifetimes and Wear-Leveling Algorithms.
Predicting NAND Bit Errors Based upon Worst-Case Usage.
Flash Memory Format Specifications and Characteristics.
Flash Memory and Other Solid-State Storage Technology Development.Storage in Home Consumer Electronic Devices.
Objectives in this Chapter.
Personal Video Recorders or Digital Video Recorders.
Smart TVs and IP Set-Top Boxes.
Fixed and Mobile Game Systems.
Home Media Center and Home Network Storage.Storage in Automotive and Mobile Consumer Electronic Devices.
Objectives in this Chapter.
Automotive Consumer Electronics Storage.
Mobile Consumer Devices.
Cameras and Camcorders.
Other Consumer Devices.Developments in Mobile Consumer Electronic Enabling Technologies.
Objectives in this Chapter.
Display Technologies in Mobile Devices.
Mobile Power.
Consumer Metadata.
Voice and Image Recognition.Integration of Storage in Consumer Devices.
Objectives in this Chapter.
Development of Common Consumer Functions.
Intelligence of Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics.
Matching Storage to Different Applications.
The Convergence of Electronics: When the Storage Becomes the Device or Was It the Other Way Around?
Road Maps for CE Application Integration in Storage Devices.Home Network Storage, the Cloud and the Internet of Things.
Objectives in this Chapter.
What Drives Home Networking Trends?
Networking Options in the Home.
Push Vs. Pull Market for Home Networks.
Home Networks for Media Sharing.
Home Networks for Home Reference Data Backup.
The Home Internet of Things.
Projections for Home Network Storage.
Design of Network Storage Devices.
Advanced Home Storage Virtualization.
Home Network Storage and Content Sharing Within the Home.
Privacy, Content Protection, and Sharing in Home Network Storage.The Future of Home Digital Storage.
Objectives in This Chapter.
Digital Storage Requirements for Home Data Sharing and Social Networking.
Integrated Multiple-Purpose Devices Vs. Dedicated Devices.
Physical Content Distribution Vs. Downloads and Streaming.
Personal Memory Assistants.
Digital Storage in Everything.
Home Storage Utility: When All Storage Devices Are Coordinated.
Digital Storage in Future Consumer Electronics.
Projections for Storage Demands in New Applications.
Digital Storage as Our Cultural Heritage.Standards for Consumer Electronic Storage and Appendices.
Digital Storage Standards.
Consumer Product Standards.
Home Networking Standards.
Needed Standards for Future Consumer Electronic Development.Appendixes:.
Home Networking Technology Trade Groups.
Companies Making Various Storage Products Used in Consumer Applications.