News tagged with disk storage
Physicists store short movies in an atomic vapor
The storage of light-encoded messages on film and compact disks and as holograms is ubiquitous---grocery scanners, Netflix disks, credit-card images are just a few examples. And now light signals can be stored ...
May 29, 2012 |
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Honeycombs of magnets could lead to new type of computer processing
Scientists have taken an important step forward in developing a new material using nano-sized magnets that could ultimately lead to new types of electronic devices, with greater capacity than is currently ...
Mar 30, 2012 |
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GE Shows Off 1TB DVD-Sized Disks at the Emerging Tech Conference
(PhysOrg.com) -- At the September '09 Emerging Tech Conference in Boston, GE announced it has been developing a 1TB DVD size disk that can be read by a modified Blu-ray player.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 30, 2009 |
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All-flash enterprise storage startup ready (and funded) for battle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pure Storage has announced it has raised $30 million in a new round of funding for its cost-cutting storage system that uses flash memory only. This is its C-round of funding, which brings ...
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Seagate to buy Samsung's hard disk drive business
Seagate is buying the hard disk drive business of Samsung in a $1.38 billion deal that also gives the South Korean electronics manufacturer a nearly 10 percent stake in Seagate.
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Mini disks for data storage: Slanted edges favor tiny magnetic vortices
Slanted exterior edges on tiny magnetic disks could lead to a breakthrough in data processing. Materials researchers of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany, were able to create magnetic vortices with a diameter ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Nanospheres stretch limits of hard disk storage
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new magnetic recording medium made up of tiny nanospheres has been devised by European researchers. The technology may lead to hard disks able to store more than a thousand billion bits ...
Jun 15, 2010 |
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IBM Research Sets New Record in Magnetic Tape Data Density (w/ Video)
IBM researchers today announced they have demonstrated a world record in areal data density on linear magnetic tape - a significant update to one of the computer industry's most resilient, reliable and affordable data storage ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 22, 2010 |
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Thin drives -- the next generation of portable memory
Tablets are fast becoming the media device of choice nowadays for work and play, particularly with the advent of iPads and the Samsung Galaxy Tab into the mobile device market. With a volume of 19.5 million ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Thai flooding disrupting hard drive supplies
The massive flooding in Thailand is disrupting supplies of hard disk drives (HDDs) for the world's personal computer makers, according to companies and market intelligence firms.
Oct 29, 2011 |
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New directions in data storage solutions
(PhysOrg.com) -- One day in the not-too-distant future, the entire contents of the Library of Congress might be stored on a device the size of a postage stamp.
Jun 07, 2011 |
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PlayStation 3 memory beefed up in North America
Sony Computer Entertainment America announced Tuesday it is beefing up the storage capacity of PlayStation 3 (PS3) videogame consoles that will be available in North America.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 17, 2010 |
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Seagate Unveils World's Thinnest 2.5-Inch Hard Drive For Slim Laptop Computers
Seagate Technology today announced the Momentus Thin drive, the world's thinnest 2.5-inch hard disk drive for ultra-portable and entry-level laptops, high-end netbooks, backup devices and consumer electronics. ...
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Toshiba Adds 32nm mSATA And Half-Slim Solid State Drive Modules
Toshiba today announced a series of solid state drive (SSD) modules using the latest generation Toshiba 32nm MLC NAND flash, at Intel Developers Forum 2009. The Toshiba SG2 modules are offered in two types, ...
Sep 21, 2009 |
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EMC wins bid contest in $2.1B deal for Data Domain
(AP) -- For the last month and a half, a fierce bidding contest has lit up a staid but increasingly critical part of the computing world. On Wednesday, EMC Corp. walked away with the prize.
Jul 08, 2009 |
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