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SEMINAR REPORT
ON
“ZEN Technology”
Submitted by
Mr. Ajay V. Zambad
Final Year
(Master of Computer Management(M.C.M.)
Guided by
Mr. Santosh Gore
(Lecturer)
Seminar Guide

COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER SCINCE, YAVATMAL

 TOPICS
INTRODUCTION
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

ZEN STRATEGY
LICENSE MODEL
ZEN TECHNOLOGY
OPTICAL DISC OVERVIEW
ZEN TECHNOLOGY DETAILS
MULTIPLE BEAM ILLUMINATION
ZEN SILICON DESIGN
THE COMPETITION
ABOUT ZEN

APPLICATIONS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
 INTRODUCTION
 Zen Research is enabling the creation of the
ultimate removable storage device by
revolutionizing the optical storage market with
patented technology and breakthrough
designs for components and software.
•Zen technologies have greatly enhanced
performance while increasing reliability

•Zen’s patented technology is the ability to illumina

multiple tracks concurrently, detect them simultane
And read them in parallel.
 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
 Zen’s patented technology is the ability to illuminate
multiple tracks concurrently, detect them
simultaneously, and read them in parallel.
Zen has demonstrated speeds of 72X for CD and is currently
argeting a 30X level of performance for DVD.
 The format of the disc media is unchanged.
operate at 3 to 5 times faster than conventional single beam technology.

provide higher performance levels for optical drives at lower disc

rotation rates.
making drives quieter, more reliable and less prone to vibration.

onstant transfer rates, more disc-tolerant rotation speeds,

nd compatibility with CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD Recordable, DVD Recordab
D re-writable, and DVD re-writable.
License Model
 Zen indends its unique IP.
 Zen is working to make design available in exchange of
royalty payment.
 Zen has target optics,silicon and software as the
containers for its unique IP.
OPTICAL DISC OVERVIEW

 Performance improvements in optical drive

technology have
historically been implemented by increasing the
rotation speed
of the disc and through CAV (Constant Angular
Velocity). It has
become apparent that these methods are no longer
able to
deliver CD-ROM
Today’s more than very
and small incremental
DVD-ROM disc drives use a single
performance gains.
highly
concentrated laser beam to read the digital signal that is
encoded
onto tracks of an optical disc (CD or DVD).
 OPTICAL DISC OVERVIEW

fig2-CD magnified at 5000X

A track on an optical disc is a series of very small pits and the spaces
between them, called lands arranged in a spiral pattern.
 In conventional optical drives, a single laser beam is directed on
disc that begins at the disc center and spirals outward towards th
a single track of information which forms a continuous spiral on th
outer edge.
The disc drive rotates the disc and the tracks run under the laser beam
The laser is reflected at different intensities (one for pit and one
for land)
for different amounts of time (the length of a pit or land) as it
passes
The the
over reflected
spiral laser
track light is directed to a light sensitive detector
that turns
the light variations into a stream of serial data.
Data stream is amplified and sent to a microprocessor for
interpretation.
 Two primary methods of disc rotation are used in today’s optical dr
Constant Linear Velocity (CLV) and Constant Angular Velocity (CAV).

CLV
Drives that use CLV rotate the disc at various speeds depending upon th
position of the optical pickup unit over the disc.

The disc rotation motor speed is varied to maintain a constant rate of d

delivery from the disc regardless of whether the pickup is near the cente
of the disc or on the outer edge.

The spiral tracks at the center of the disc have the shortest length.

The spiral tracks on the outer edge of the disc are the longest;
they hold the most data in one revolution, so the motor runs slower
to keep the data rate constant.
 CAV :-

In a CAV system, the speed of the motor that rotates the disc
 remains constant.

 the speed of the data that is detected by the optical pickup

changes
depending upon where the pick-up is on the disc.

For the same rotational speed, CAV drives deliver data slowly at
the beginning or center of the disc where the data track spirals
are shortest.

 the fastest data rates are possible at the outer edge, where one
revolution
provides the most data from the longest spiral tracks on the disc.
Zen Technology Details
 The format of disk media is unchanged
 Mechanical element of disk drive are not changed
 It is applied CLV or CAV method
 Zen technical advancement can be catagorised :-
1) Optical System.
2)Parrallel Processors.
Fig. 3- Multiple Beam Illumination
ZEN SILICON DESIGN
Zen silicon designs are centered on a series of parallel processors-ASIC
designs that implement Zen’s unique parallel approach to optical
signal processing.

Uses for handling massive amounts of data quickly, without overloadi

conventional microprocessor cores

Fig. 4 – 1st Zen Enabled Parallel Processor

 THE COMPETITION
For example, published comparison tests rate many of the current
50X(+)drives average performance levels in the 30X – 40X range.
 The Performance target for Zen's next generation of CD-ROM drives
is 100X.

Fig. 5 – Throughput Comparison

 Fig. 6

FASTER: High transfer rate delivers 6.75MB to 10.8MB/sec. across the entire disc.

QUIETER: Lower rotation speeds minimize noise and vibration.

MORE RELIABLE: Lower rotation speeds enhance precise disc readability

 Tests
1

Drive 460MB Xfer Avg. Rate

Kenwood 72X 44.4X

69 sec?s

Plextor 40X Max 107 sec?s 28.7X

Table - 1
Test 2

Drive Win 98SE Avg. Rate

Kenwood 72X 245 sec?s 17.0X

Plextor 40X Max 320 sec?s 13.0X

Conclusion
References
 www.zenresearch.com
 www.cdzentech.com
 www.targetpckenwood72x.com