SDK, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of platters, the saucer-like components that store data inside hard disk drives, has announced that it has developed a new type of media that uses Microwave Assisted Switching-Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording (MAS-MAMR) technology.
Developed in conjunction with Toshiba and TDK, the Japanese technology trio claim that MAS-MAMR can substantially increase HDD data storage capacity with “more than 30TB” the amount quoted in the company’s press release.
Perhaps the most important aspect of the document, other than the aforementioned fact, is that SDK commits to accelerate the development of MAS-MAMR which Toshiba aims to put to practical use as the second generation of MAMR.
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