Mr. Bochicchio, who donated the device to the Smithsonian, claims that it is the very first instance of computer disk memory storage. Information was recorded on the drum statically by advancing the ...

Flossie will remain in storage against a time in the near future when, space permitting, the mainframe computer will be reassembled and set to running again.

Far from disappearing, the mainframe market and the storage it needs is here to stay for some time. The three key array makers compete with high-end flash-equipped products ...

Data storage needs to keep up with our desire to snap pictures, download clips from the Internet, and create new digital documents. Since the early stages of computer technology, magnetic storage ...

Multiferroic materials, which combine electrical and magnetic properties, could revolutionize technology by enabling faster, more compact, and energy-efficient devices. A recent study has shown ...

Currently, magnetic storage is still manufactured as hard disk drives (HDDs) but you won’t find a tape drive in a modern consumer computer.

Information storage for the next generation of plastic computers: Efficient conversion from magnetic storage to light is key Date: April 16, 2014 Source: University of Iowa Summary: Inexpensive ...

Magnetic random access memory (MRAM) is the most important new module on the market of computer storage devices. Like the well known USB sticks, they store information into static memory, but MRAM ...

In 1951, Jay Forrester filed a patent application for a “multicoordinate digital information storage device” that would change the way digital computers work. While working on Project Whirlwind at MIT ...

Hardware Storage Despite being older than the PC, magnetic tape storage is far from dead, in fact it's growing with 153,000,000 terabytes of the fragile stuff shipped in 2023 News ...

Researchers in Chicago and London have developed a method for controlling the properties of magnets that could be used to improve the storage capacity of next-generation computer hard drives.

Since the launch of Computer Weekly in 1966, we have moved from a world of punched cards and paper tape to one where flash and the cloud have revolutionised data storage.