The computer's storage media prior to solid state drives (SSDs). Magnetic tape and disks were developed in the 1950s and commonly used together in companies for decades. Tape was the primary medium ...

ON September 14th 1956 IBM announced the first commercial computer to use a magnetic hard disk for storage. Weighing in at about 1,000 kilograms, the 305 RAMAC (random access method of accounting and ...

Forward-looking: The new Exos 2X18 hard drives improve on the already impressive specs of the Exos 2X14 units. Using the Mach.2 multi-actuator solution, the 2X18 brings the humble magnetic storage ...

When IBM sold its hard-drive business to Hitachi in April 2002, IBM fellow Stuart Parkin wondered what to do next. He had spent his career studying the fundamental physics of magnetic materials, ...

Parkin's inventions in the field of spintronics have revolutionised computer technology, making it possible to increase the data density on hard disks by a factor of 1000. With his research on thin ...

If you've ever tried to "zero all data" on your computer's magnetic hard disk, you know it can take hours. A Japanese company has created a device that will instantly erase all the data on a drive, a ...

Forward-looking: Seagate has invested a huge amount of money and energy into a HAMR-powered future for storage based on magnetic technology. Now the company says it's almost ready to bring its next ...