Abstract:
A magnetoresistive element according to an embodiment includes: a magnetoresistance effect film including: a first magnetic film; a second magnetic film; and an intermediate film of a nonmagnetic material disposed between the first magnetic film and the second magnetic film, at least one of the first magnetic film and the second magnetic film being formed of a material expressed as AxB1-x(65 at %≦x≦85 at %) where A is an alloy containing Co and at least one element selected from Fe and Mn, and B is an alloy containing Si or Ge, a Si concentration in the at least one of the first magnetic film and the second magnetic film decreasing and a Ge concentration increasing as a distance from the intermediate film increases.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a magneto-resistance effect element includes: a first shield; a second shield; a first side shield layer; a second side shield layer; a stacked body; a first shield guide layer; and a second shield guide layer. The first shield guide layer includes a fifth magnetic layer provided between the first side shield layer and the stacked body. The second shield guide layer includes a sixth magnetic layer provided between the second side shield layer and the stacked body. A distance between the first side shield layer and the first shield guide layer is shorter than a distance between the stacked body and the first shield guide layer. A distance between the second side shield layer and the second shield guide layer is shorter than a distance between the stacked body and the second shield guide layer.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a data processor includes an interface section and a processor. The interface section is configured to acquire partial data relating to a control condition of a magnetic recording/reproducing device. The processor is configured to process the partial data. The processor is configured to derive a first data by processing the partial data with a first model based on characteristics of the partial data, a first resolution of the first data being higher than a partial resolution of the partial data. The processor is configured to derive a second data by processing the partial data with a second model based on the characteristic. The second model is different from the first model. A second resolution of the second data being higher than the partial resolution.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a magnetic reproducing and processing device includes an acquirer and a processor. The acquirer is configured to acquire a first electric signal obtained by reproducing information recorded in a first recording area of a magnetic recording medium by a first reproducing element and a second electric signal obtained by reproducing the information recorded in the first recording area by a second reproducing element. A first sensitivity of the first reproducing element to a magnetic signal recorded on the magnetic recording medium is different from a second sensitivity of the second reproducing element to the magnetic signal. The processor is configured to output a reproduced signal corresponding to the information recorded in the first recording area based on the first electric signal and the second electric signal acquired by the acquirer.
Abstract:
A memory system has a nonvolatile memory having a plurality of readable and writable memory cells, a write voltage control unit that controls at least one of a voltage value and a pulse width of a write voltage of the nonvolatile memory in accordance with a weight of a signal processing path or a signal processing node, a write unit that writes data in two or more memory cell groups among the plurality of memory cells using the write voltage controlled by the write voltage control unit, a reversal probability detection unit that detects a reversal probability of the memory cell group when writing data is written by the write unit, and a weight conversion unit that converts the detected reversal probability into a weight.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording and reproducing device includes an output driver, a magnetic head, and a magnetic recording medium. The output driver outputs a recording signal corresponding to input information. The magnetic head includes a coil. A recording current includes the recording signal flows in the coil. Information corresponding to the input information is recorded in the magnetic recording medium. The input information includes first, second, and third information combinations. The first information combination includes first to fourth information. The second information combination includes fifth to eighth information. The third information combination includes ninth to twelfth information. The recording signal changes to an eleventh recording current to correspond to the eleventh information. The recording signal changes to a third recording current to correspond to the third information. An absolute value of the eleventh recording current is greater than an absolute value of the third recording current.
Abstract:
A magnetic head of an embodiment includes: a first electrode being a magnetic body having a magnetic shielding property; a first signal detector disposed on the first electrode and being a differential magnetoresistive effect element; a second electrode disposed on the first signal detector; an insulating layer disposed on the second electrode; a third electrode disposed on the insulating layer; a second signal detector disposed on the third electrode and being a differential magnetoresistive effect element; and a fourth electrode disposed on the second signal detector and being a magnetic body having a magnetic shielding property. At least one of the second electrode and the third electrode is a nonmagnetic metal.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording and reproducing device includes magnetic recording medium and a magnetic head. The magnetic recording medium includes a first surface. A plurality of bits is provided in the first surface. Each of the bits has a direction of magnetization corresponding to recorded information. The magnetic head includes a reproducing unit. The reproducing unit senses the direction of magnetization. The reproducing unit includes a first shield, a second shield, a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, a third magnetic layer, a fourth magnetic layer, an intermediate layer, a first nonmagnetic layer, and a second nonmagnetic layer. The first and the second nonmagnetic layers include at least one selected from ruthenium, copper, and tantalum. A distance between the first shield and the second shield is not less than 3 times and not more than 7 times a length of each of the bits.
Abstract:
A magnetoresistive element according to an embodiment includes: a magnetoresistance effect film including: a first and second magnetic films; and an intermediate film disposed between the first and second magnetic films, at least one of the first and second magnetic films being formed of a Heusler alloy expressed as Co100-x(AyB1.0-y)x (40 at %≦x≦60 at %, 0.3≦y≦0.7) where A is an alloy containing at least Fe and Mn, and B is an alloy containing at least Si, Al, and Ge, a composition of the at least one of the first and second magnetic films being changed in a film-thickness direction so that a ratio of Fe/(Fe+Mn) is less than 60% in a first region disposed near an interface with the intermediate film in the film-thickness direction, and is 60% or more in a second region that is disposed at more distance from the interface than the first region in the film-thickness direction.