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To: Hal Campbell who wrote (3785)	11/10/1998 1:18:00 PM
From: Glenn Perry	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17679

Just trying to keep on top of the Superparamagnetic Limit: quinta.com "Seagate anticipates that the phenomenon of losing data due to data bits being packed too close together will begin to happen when drives begin holding around roughly 20 billion bits per square inch (20 bits/in2), which could conceivably be reached by some disc drives in the next few years. In order to combat this storage technology barrier, otherwise known as the Superparamagnetic Limit, Seagate acquired Quinta, a leader in optical and magnetic storage technologies, that was developing a technology designed to successfully and reliably usher drives to capacities beyond 20 Gbits/in2. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Seagate, Quinta has begun to demonstrate storage technologies that hold great promise in potentially taking drives beyond 10 Gbits/in2, 20 Gbits/in2, and even 40 Gbits/in2-the equivalent of storing over 45 copies of the 32-volume Encyclopedia Britannica & trade; in the space of a postage stamp." No status update from Quinta in nine months! One has to wonder what's going on - perhaps some funding cuts - didn't Seagate have a lousy financial year? I recall earlier statements that 10 Gbits per square inch was thought to be the limit of areal density before thermal decay became an important factor. Anyone know what the real number (for conventional media) is? Please note I did not mention "Keepered Media".