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Technology Stocks : Seagate Technology - Fundamentals
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To: Gus who wrote (1698)4/8/2000 12:08:00 AM
From: Stitch  Read Replies (2) of 1989
 
Gus;
<<Vertical recording milestone -- 50+Gbits/in2 -- achieved by Hitachi with a 2 years time to market? Will IBM (Japan) be next to announce?>>

I have suspected for some time that IBM would announce first. But, no matter, the key is where the cost/rewards cross over. From a recent presentation HMTT said that horizontal recording gets us to 100 GB/sq. in. while perpendicular (vertical) recording gets us to 500 GB/sq. in.

Extension of horizontal recording has a lot of enablers (challenges) attached to it: like continuous film media, ultra smooth surfaces, load/unload mechanisms, secondary actuators, better control of head geometry, better control of contaminants, better control of resonance, etc etc.

Best,
Stitch
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