Although magnetic disk storage did not take hold until the end of the 1960s, IBM actually introduced the first disk-based computer in the mid-1950s. Although RAMAC (above) was direct access ...

A disk's surface is divided into concentric tracks (circles within circles), and the thinner the tracks, the more storage. The data bits are recorded as magnetic spots on the tracks in one ...

3M, or as it was officially called until 2002, the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company is one of those odd-duck companies where if you ask what products they manufacture the answer is ...

The market for shingled magnetic recording is anticipated to expand at a robust CAGR of 20.7% from 2022 to 2032. It is ...

Western Digital had its first investor day focusing on its current activities and plans going forward as a HDD company. HAMR ...

Magnetic storage makes use of a magnetisable coating ... Be more robust - a magnetic disk could be ruined by dropping it, because its moving parts may be damaged.

told financial analysts that the cost of NAND storage technology on a per-bit basis continues to approach that of magnetic disks. That, combined with Pure Storage’s own intellectual property for ...

Seagate announced that they are shipping 36TB HAMR evaluation drives to customers. A study shows AI will drive demand for storage solutions, such as these.

Toshiba has announced its Mx11 family of hard disk drives, aiming to challenge the dominance of Western Digital and Seagate ...