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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (4648)	11/9/1997 10:12:00 PM
From: Dale J.	Respond to of 9124

Emile, Yes. Thats what I thought, but I was starting to wonder if it was just wishful thinking on my part. If IBM starts market production on GMR, and if Qntm can make the switch it could be a plus. Accroding to the EETimes article if you can make MR's you can make GMR's. It looks like WDC and posibly other dd companies may loose some market share. Also, with the increased disk capacity the software/video companies will find a way to use it. This could be a big plus for the Terastor/Qntm NFR high capacity drives. Dale

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (4648)	11/9/1997 11:23:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 9124

Emile, re >>This seems like a positive development.<< People have worked on GMR heads for years and have regularly reported results at meetings and in publications. So the only surprise to SEG, QNTM and WDC must have been the timing of IBM's announcement. I'm certain that these 3 have contingency plans how to deal with the new technology. It is really no different than the introduction of the MR head in IBM's drives in 1991. It took until now for thin film inductive heads to come close to being phased out. At first, yield for GMR heads will be poor. This alone will limit the rate of introduction. Yes, this is a positive development. Without breakthroughs like this, the only way to add data capacity to drives would be to add heads and disks at great expense. As long as IBM licenses the technology, I think we should take this in stride and even welcome it. GM