http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/ Engadget Comments for Fujitsu achieves another storage milestone using patterned media technology http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/Jan 20th 2007 4:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/
Why is so much money still being invested in mechanical magnetic storage? Solid state is faster, more reliable, more durable, more energy efficient...etc. I'd prefer if these storage giants started investing more in revolutionary solid state storage (revolutionary as in not flash based).]]>Jan 20th 2007 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/Jan 20th 2007 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/
But its not just bumping up the storage capacity and finding new production methods, it's finding a new storage paradigm. Flash uses high voltages to push new data in to a block, which deteriorates gate quality over time. That means your capacity goes down the more you write to your drive. This needs to be changed before SSDs can take off.]]>Jan 20th 2007 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/Jan 20th 2007 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/
Damn, that means ~1.2 Terabyte(TB) 2.5" HDD, and over 6 Terabype 3.5" drives!]]>Jan 20th 2007 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/
Also I think they could have kept the platter a little cleaner for a sample picture.]]>Jan 20th 2007 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/20/fujitsu-achieves-another-storage-milestone-using-patterned-media/
Engadget obviously did not have an image to go along with the article, grabbed a random HD pic, and happened to get one of a rather old drive.]]>Jan 21st 2007 2:58AM