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The Limits To Perpendicular Recording

Posted by kdawson on from the moore-was-a-piker dept.

peterkern writes "Samsung has a new hard drive and says it can now store 667 GB on one disk, which comes out to be about 739 Gb/sq. in. That is more than five times the density when perpendicular recording was introduced back in 2006, and it is getting close to the generally expected soft limit of 1 Tb/sq. in. It's great that we can now store 2 TB on one hard drive and that 3-TB hard drives are already feasible. But how far can it go? It appears that the hard drive industry may start talking about heat-assisted magnetic recording again, soon."

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  1. Get Perpendicular by Jazz-Masta · · Score: 4, Funny

    A simple video to explain perpendicular recording!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb_PyKuI7II

  2. Re:Stop Making It Bigger. Start Making It Faster! by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    That what she said.

    only visa versa..

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