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The Story Of GMR Heads

Posted by Hemos on from the expanding-the-horizons-expanding-the-parameters dept.

lopati writes "The story of GMR heads, "the breakthrough that boosted the capacity of hard-drives from a few gigabytes to 100 gigabytes and more--came from chance observation, basic research and a vast, painstaking search for the right materials." Check out the helpful infographic." Background: This is a story, essentially, about how hard drives broke through some of the space limitations at the beginning of the 1990s - pretty cool background.

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  1. Re:fist pork by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. SUCK SHIT, FUCKWAD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey there motherfucker, why do'nt u go anfd fuck ur mom up her fat ass,boy? you're one hell of a stupid motherfucker ani't u asshole/! eat shit fuckwad! stupid cunt queef

  4. Re:goat pron 4 free by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Where's the goat? All I see is a giant, spread for the world to see, bung hole. I wanted GOAT SEX, DAMMIT!

  5. Re:Hard drive size... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's not the size, it's how you use it :)

  6. wh00t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sweaty snotty man sex!

  7. Re:Spintronics (and GMR) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We didn't care about your post then, and we don't care that you're repeating yourself now. Perhaps you should try CRAMMING it up your ass?

  8. Re:How much space does it take to store a word? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    maybe they thought "100 times taller than an 18 story building" would be too awkward?

  9. Re:space by Russ+Steffen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I will be the judge of how much disk space I need on my desktop thankyouverymuch. I say "keep making 'em bigger!"

  10. Re:Yes, you can never have enough-brainwaves. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "What comes after video?"

    Brainwaves.

  11. My Dad's cooler than /. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My dad lent me the paper copy of this the other day!

    It's official ... My 75-year-old dad is a better news-source than Slashdot!