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 ...

Physicists at RIKEN have demonstrated how ultrafast, low-power-consumption memory devices could be realized by replacing conventional magnetic materials with novel ones. In conventional hard disk ...

In a recent article in Acta Materialia authors from Seagate, NIMS and Tohoku University demonstrated two-layer heat assisted magnetic recording. The research team combined experimental measurements as ...

Seagate and Toshiba both looking forward to acquiring HDD heads business from TDK, the only remaining independent supplier of magnetic heads.

Push two magnets together and you’ll set off an avalanche of activity, forcing atoms on each magnet to align their polarity with the intruding magnetic field. It may sound like a party trick for ...

Seeking to guarantee supplies of this critical component, Toshiba made a bid for TDK’s drive head business earlier this year, according to Bloomberg. Concerned that this could affect its ability to ...

Seagate Technology Holdings plc (NasdaqGS:STX) and Toshiba Corporation has intend to acquire TDK's hard disk drive magnetic head business from TDK Corporation (TSE:6762). The acquisition is driven by ...

The first storage media — paper tape and punched cards — were inefficient, slow and bulky. These gave way to magnetic storage: core memory, drums and, finally, hard drives. For backup, there were ...

Hard disk drives sure have come a long way, baby. In the 1950s, storage hardware was measured in feet — and in tons. Back then, the era’s state-of-the-art computer drive was found in IBM’s RAMAC 305; ...