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  • 300TB hard drive to arrive by 2010 ~ Seagate...

    01/04/2007 6:35:58 PM PST · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 68 replies · 841+ views
    Inquirer ^ | Wednesday 03 January 2007, 08:12 | Nick Farrell:
    Seagate stakes claim By : Wednesday 03 January 2007, 08:12 PLATTER SPINNER Seagate thinks that it will be able to create a 300 TB hard-drive by 2010. According to Joystick, Seagate boffins are apparently working on a hard-drive which uses heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) techniques. The boffins think that this will mean that they can shove 50TB of data into a single square inch of drive space, or around 300TB of information on a standard 3.5-inch drive. This means that you can stuff the entire Library of Congress onto your hard-drive without any compression. Being a gaming magazine, Joystick points...