The number of bits per square inch of storage surface. It typically refers to magnetic disk and tape, where the number of bits per inch (bpi) times the number of tracks per inch (tpi) yields the areal ...

College Park, MD (April 19, 2011) — Using well-known patterned media, a team of researchers in France has figured out a way to double the areal density of information by essentially cutting the ...

In a recent blog (100 TB HDDs And A New Spin On Storage) we saw the ASTC HDD technology road map showing projection for HDD areal density trends out into the next decade. Higher HDD areal densities ...

Seagate has announced a 6 TB hard disk drive for data center applications. While other companies, such as Western Digital ‘s HGST division have announced 6 TB drives using He-filled drives with ...

While SSDs are obviously the future, HDDs aren't anywhere near the end of their rope. Seagate has been pushing the boundaries of hard drives for some time now, with areal density barriers expanding by ...

Storing data on magnetic tape might seem more antique than cutting edge, but with more data in the world than ever, it could still be one of the most energy efficient and secure storage methods we ...

Today Western Digital announced volume availability of their newest addition to the Caviar family of desktop hard drives, now sporting a whopping 320GB per-platter areal denisty, based on 250Gb ...

NAND flash memory has surpassed hard disk drive (HDD) technology in areal density for the first time, according to a new report from a market research firm. During a presentation at the 2016 IEEE ...

Seagate today unveiled the world's first 3.5-inch hard drive featuring 1TB of storage capacity per disk platter. This isn't just a big deal for Seagate; breaking the 1TB areal density barrier is a big ...

Sony has successfully developed magnetic tape technology that allows data to be stored with an areal density of 148Gbit/in2. This is said to be some 74 times the capacity of current mainstream coated ...

Using well-known patterned media, a team of researchers in France has figured out a way to double the areal density of information by essentially cutting the magnetic media into small pieces and ...

(Nanowerk News) Using well-known patterned media, a team of researchers in France has figured out a way to double the areal density of information by essentially cutting the magnetic media into small ...