The computer's storage media prior to solid state drives (SSDs). Magnetic tape and disks were developed in the 1950s and commonly used together in companies for decades. Tape was the primary medium ...

Floppy disks have been widely used as magnetic disks for personal computers since around 1980, and were used as recording media until optical disk drives such as CDs and DVDs became the standard in ...

Leading manufacturer and supplier of magnetic and optical removable data storage media expands portfolio; consumers and professional users will benefit from nearly doubled capacity Dubai, 16 August ...

Super science The vast numbers of hard disks in data-storage centres that underpin “cloud computing” rely entirely on the physics of magnets. (Courtesy: iStock/IR_Stone) In 2022 I stood for election ...

Will the hard disk be made useless after it's forced to help flash memory destroy optical media? As flash encroaches on more of optical media's territory, I see it teaming up with hard disk drives to ...

TDK recently demo’d an impressive technical achievement: a 10 layer 320 GB optical disk - using standard Blu-ray (BD) drive technology. Too bad it will never be a commercial success. Optical is at the ...