An antenna connection function for a noncontact interface is provided by suppressing a modification in a pin arrangement and a pin shape of a memory card that does not correspond to the noncontact interface. The invention provides improved signal integrity as compared with existing RZ-DPSK solution through the use of high quality RZ drivers. A determining engine is coupled to determine that the promotional offer having the unredeemed status has one or more attributes satisfying one or more parameters to designate the promotional offer for an auction. The prediction selector selects branch predictions from the bimodal prediction and the global predictions in order to arbitrate between predictors. Following a power loss in the storage server, the NVS uses the track buffer information to identify which of the first and second sets of segments was involved in the current commit process to allow the current commit process to be completed. Coma of the objective lens in the first region is compensated better in a case where the longer wavelength laser beam is converged on the CD than a case where the shorter wavelength laser beam is converged on the DVD.