Publisher Description

This text describes all the system aspects of CD-ROM drive design, discussing all the building blocks from optics to host interface. The various subsystems of CD-ROM drives and their functions are described separately and all relevant aspects are covered, from mechanical, optical and electrical to control and information processing. In addition, new aspects relating to high- and very high-speed drives are introduced and discussed. All these topics, as well as those relating to drive benchmarking and performance, combine to make this book a useful contribution to the field. Although dedicated to the CD-ROM system, the book could also be used as a reference for other compact disc systems such as CD-Recordable or Digital Versatile Disc (DVD). Containing more than 50 figures and a comprehensive list of references, the book may be useful as a resource for specialists in the field and designers of CD-ROM drives. It should also appeal to students interested in combined mechatronics subjects.

Back Cover

Dual phase evolution concerns systems that evolve via repeated phase shifts in the connectivity of their elements. It occurs in vast range of settings, including natural systems (species evolution, landscape ecology, geomorphology), socio-economic systems (social networks) and in artificial systems (annealing, evolutionary computing). This book explains how dual phase evolution operates in all these settings and provides a detailed treatment of the subject. It scope includes the theoretical foundations for the theory, how it relates to other phase transition phenomena and its advantages in evolutionary computation and complex adaptive systems. The book also provides methods and techniques to use this concept for problem solving.

Table of Contents

1. The CD-ROM Challenge.- 2. The Optics.- 3. The Servo-Mechanical Subsystem.- 4. The Decoding Circuitry.- 5. Other Basic-Engine Building Blocks.- 6. The CD-ROM Data Path.- 7. System Parameters and Drive Performance.

Long Description

The Compact Disc (CD), as a standardized information carrier, has become one of the most successful consumer products ever marketed. Although the original disc was intended for audio playback, its specific advantages opened very quickly the way towards various computer applications. The standardization of the Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM) and of all succeeding similar products, like Compact Disc interactive (CD-i), Photo and Video CD, CD Recordable (CD-R), and CD Rewritable (CD

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