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Presents best practices for selecting, integrating, and using storage devices to achieve higher performance, greater reliability and lower cost. This title includes photos that provide visuals of the "guts" of the devices discussed. It covers topics including flash memory, DVRs, Apple iPods, home networks, and automotive electronics.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Fundamentals of hard disk drives
Chapter 3: Fundamentals of optical storage
Chapter 4: Fundamentals of flash memory and other solid state memory technologies
Chapter 5: Storage in home consumer electronic devices
Chapter 6: Storage in mobile consumer electronic devices
Chapter 7: Integration of storage in consumer devices
Chapter 8: Development of home network storage and home storage virtualization
Chapter 9: The future of home digital storage
Chapter 10: Standards for consumer electronics storage and appendices
Appendix A: Specification comparison of some 1.8-inch hard disk drives and a flash solid state drive.
Appendix B: Home networking technology trade groups
Appendix C: Companies making various storage products used in consumer applications
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"This book will immediately become an indispensable reference book for the storage industry movers and shakers, developers and users. It will be a valued contribution for years to come. - Rick Wietfeldt, CTO, Emerging Technologies and Strategy, Texas Instruments, Inc.
"Tom Coughlin's The Essential Guide to Digital Storage in Consumer Electronics is an excellent guide to the internal workings of increasingly ubiquitous digital storage. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wishes to understand and not simply use technology to enrich their lives." - Tom Clark, Principal Engineer, Brocade, and Board Member of the Storage Networking Industry Association
