Nanotube Lube Replenishment for Massive Drives

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday July 6, 2006 @05:38AM from the elderly-celebrity-spokespeople-sought dept.

PetManimal writes "Techworld reports that Seagate has just patented something called 'Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording,' which features nanotechnology and could lead to a 1.46TB 2.5-in. drive. The article says 'Storing data properly in extremely small areas requires the magnetic material to be heated during the writing phase, but this causes the lubricant film deposited on top of the magnetized recording layer to evaporate. Seagate's patent resolves this problem by having a reservoir inside the disk casing that contains nanotube-based lubricant. Some of this is periodically pumped out as a vapor and deposited on the surface of the disk, replenishing the evaporated lubricant.'"

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good idea! by gEvil+(beta) · 2006-07-06 05:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Some of this is periodically pumped out as a vapor and deposited on the surface of the disk, replenishing the evaporated lubricant.

Hey, I could use some of this this! Oh wait...it says disk...

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1. Re:good idea! by op12 · 2006-07-06 05:46 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Yeah, you probably read 2.5in and made a quick logical jump.
  
  ...I couldn't help myself - you left the door wide open on that one.