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Current Disk Drive Technology Still Has Life
I've seen previous posts about new technologies that may soon replace the types of storage drives we have. Here's a news release from the company I work for that may be of interest...
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000330/ca_read_ri_1.html
We make the magnetic heads that read and write the data onto the spinnig disks. We sell to drive makers such as Maxtor, Quantum, WD, Samsung, and Iomega (zips). In brief, we've just demonstrated a storage density of 50 gigabits per sq in. (about 70 gigbytes on one platter). As a point of reference, the data density of the heads in drives on the market today have about 4 gigabits sq in capability -- there's typically 2 to 4 platters in each drive.
These new types of heads will probably be in disk drives in about 18 -24 months.
Also, the data transfer rates are still improving. Here's another article on that: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000210/ca_read_ri_1.html
You'll soon be able to transfer a 2 1/2 hr movie (4.5 GB) in less than 1 minute.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000330/ca_read_ri_1.html
We make the magnetic heads that read and write the data onto the spinnig disks. We sell to drive makers such as Maxtor, Quantum, WD, Samsung, and Iomega (zips). In brief, we've just demonstrated a storage density of 50 gigabits per sq in. (about 70 gigbytes on one platter). As a point of reference, the data density of the heads in drives on the market today have about 4 gigabits sq in capability -- there's typically 2 to 4 platters in each drive.
These new types of heads will probably be in disk drives in about 18 -24 months.
Also, the data transfer rates are still improving. Here's another article on that: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000210/ca_read_ri_1.html
You'll soon be able to transfer a 2 1/2 hr movie (4.5 GB) in less than 1 minute.
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