The 28th Magnetic Recording Conference (TMRC 2017)

The 28th Magnetic Recording Conference (TMRC) 2017 was held at the Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba, Japan, from August 2 to 4, 2017. TMRC 2017 focused on future magnetic storage technologies for hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state memories. The program featured two dedicated sessions on heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR), two sessions related to magnetic random access memory, a session on advanced recording components/systems, and a session exploring microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) with related topics. These six oral sessions with 38 invited talks were complemented by 60 contributed posters. The keynote presentation was presented by Dr. Hirofumi Nagai from Fujitsu and was titled “AI technology innovation will change to storage and memory!?”