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To: Gus who wrote (4329)12/17/1997 11:02:00 AM
From: Stitch  Read Replies (2) of 7841
 
Hi Gus,thanks for the post. I do not know when we will see announcements that tell us when the Japan et al makers will move to GMR. Fujitsu has its own development by the way. I think IBM and Seagate are sort of wrapped up in their own technology announcement war. It is very typical to see IBM announce a product using the latest and greatest technology in a configuration that doesn't stretch the envelope of that technology. Their first MR product came out at areal densities that were below their highest density product of the time. I seem to recall it was around 800 Mbits psi. Seems old hat now and that wasnt that long ago. Of course we know that thin-film inductive will go to a Gbit psi now and probably will go higher. IBM's announced Travelstar 5GS which uses GMR heads is at 2.64 Gbits psi.They have also shown a technology roadmap in a recent speech by Scranton that shows them at 3 - 5 G bIts psi in 1998. Going on here it showed 7 - 10 Gbits psi in the year 2,000. Hope they get the clocks in all those computers worked out by then. By the way, Fujitsu is also showing the micro actuator (as well as GMR) in their technology roadmap and even show the use of a secondary actuator to achieve faster seeks in the year 2001 on a hypothetical product that features 13 GBits psi. Their roadmap, while not saying specifically, would suggest a GMR head implementation in 1998 but I dont have a guess as to which quarter.
Best,
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