That optical technology has now become affordable and Now begun to give way to optical technologies. Some feel that magnetic recording technology has Tech companies will survive the competition. Severe price competition is forcing manyĬompanies to abandon research efforts and concentrate Potential problem facing the data storage industry: priceĬompetition. Quick on their feet and poised for the future.īut the majority of disk drive manufacturers continue to loose money! This is an omen of the largest Seagate has a broad line of productsįrom 8" drives to PCMCIA FLASH memory. I take my hat off toĪlan Shugart, CEO of Seagate Technologies for thatĪccomplishment. In 1993, only one major disk drive manufacturer Practical for at least several more years. Recording technology used in hard drives is simple, Technology has it's distinct advantages, but the magnetic Magnetic, optical, and semiconductor technologies advance together, hard drives continue to offer more storage for less money, with a better access time. Optical drive, there's a corresponding advance in diskĭrive technology. Every time there's a technical advance in Hash or Something better will replace hard drives for the last ten But our friends in Japan working on optical diskĭrives feel that optical drives will win out in the long run. You can bet our friends at Intel think Hash will kill hardĭrives. Optical, and Hash technologies are improving. Honest, there are some potential challengers for hardĭrives. Will hard drive sales continue to grow? To be Today we had a nerd's lunch and talked about "picosliders" that fly at 4 millionths of an inch above the disk.Īs far as I'm concerned, that should be called "contact Then it was "micro-sliders" and even "nano-sliders". Myįriends and I used to talk about "mini-mono" disk heads. Technology is advancing faster than ever. Volumes are huge and a few manufacturing companies staying profitable despite intense competition. The hard disk industry, on the other hand, is movingįaster than ever. CDROM and recordable CD-ROM drives are now about to Read the chapter on CD-ROM for more insight. Industry standards will develop, but other than "floptical"ĭrives, I don't see much future for the floppy disk industry. Hoptical drives will soon be shipping with 80 MBĬapacity in a standard 3.5" form factor. My friends in the floppy industry tell me that To share a few thoughts on the data storage industry.
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It's 1994 now, as we write the update to the Hardĭrive Bible.
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