Advancing Servo Writing to New Limits

Servo writers are used in the disk drive production process to write digitally generated magnetic reference patterns on the surface of the disks at a very high speed. These reference patterns are used to precisely locate the magnetic read/write heads in the normal operation of a disk drive.

In a business as intensely competitive as the disk drive industry, new approaches to servo writing are critical. Without the right process technology available at the right time, delivering your servo pattern roadmaps and strategies can lead to inflexibility, inefficiency and excessive cost.

Xtreme 400, Xyratex’s next generation servo writing architecture, offers new levels of precision and doubles pattern frequency performance to 400Mbit/sec, further demonstrating Xyratex’s commitment to lead the industry in servo writing technology.

Xtreme 400 consists of a Pattern Generator card, a companion Channel card and software.

By providing a range of high-performance servo writing technologies (which include components, systems and complete solutions), Xyratex gives you the flexibility of choosing the most appropriate way to achieve and implement your roadmap objectives.

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