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To: Mark Adams who wrote (7676)1/2/2000 9:30:00 PM
From: Z Analyzer  Respond to of 9256
 
<<HMTT/RDRT Technology demos

11/03/99: 36Gb/in2
08/03/99: 26.5Gb/in2 (38 billion bytes/platter)
05/17/99: 20.9Gb/in2
11/04/98: Licensed GMR technology from German company (Juelich)
09/08/98: 13.5Gb/in2
>>
If the time to bring the higher densities to market does not lengthen from the lower densities, the rate of increase is well over 100% annually. Perhaps other required technologies of alignment and manufacturing are not advancing as rapidly. -Z