Extendibility of synthetic ferrimagnetic media for recording densities beyond 100 Gb/in/sup 2/

Summary form only given. In spite of projected limits for longitudinal recording, 106 Gb/in/sup 2/ was demonstrated using synthetic ferrimagnetic media (SFM) with extremely good thermal stability. In this paper, we project the areal density advantages of SFM from thermal stability, SNR, and materials perspective for densities above 100 Gb/in/sup 2/.