Volume 2, No. 7 CONTENTS

◆ Inaugural Address: ……T. Osaka

◆ Guest Comment:

• Bringing Up of Talented People; One of the Main Subjects in the 3rd Period of the Science and Technology Basic Plan……M. Yamamoto

◆ Review Articles on Future Prospect of Magnetic Materials on Semiconductor Devices

Objective…..T. Kai

   Review:

Expectations for Ferromagnetic Materials from a Semiconductor Memory Designer……Y. Iwata

   Topics:

Physics of Nano-structured Magnetic Materials……K. Matsuyama, and Y. Nozaki

   Topics:

Deposition and Micro-fabrication Processes for Magnetic Tunnel Junctions in Semiconductor Manufacturing Lines……K. Tsunekawa, M. Kosuda, H. Maehara, T. Osada, Y. Kodaira, D. D. Djayaprawira, and N. Watanabe

   Topics:

Fabrication and Spin-Dependent Transport Properties of Metal/Insulator/Semiconductor (MIS) Magnetic Tunnel Diodes toward the Development of Spin Tunnel Transistor……H. Saito, K. C. Agarwal, S. Yuasa, and K. Ando

◆ Lecture:

• Perpendicular Magnetic Recording V
  Chapter 4 Simulator for Perpendicular Magnetic Recording: Part 2……Y. Nakamura

◆ Notice Board

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Board Directors of The Magnetics Society of Japan

• President:      T. Osaka
• Vice President:      M. Takahashi, K. Yamauchi
• Director, General Affairs:      Y. Hoshi, M. Jimbo
• Director, Treasurer:      Y. Suzuki, Y. Yoshizawa
• Director, Planning:      K. Takanashi, Y. Tanaka
• Director, Editing:     M. Yamaguchi, A. Tanaka
• Director, Public Information:     S. Nakagawa
• Auditor:      K. Hono, K. Matsuyama