Stefan Mileschin

Western digital’s cunning plan to squeeze more from old tech

Western Digital’s boffins have come up with a microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR), can use the company’s existing production chain to cram a lot more storage onto a standard 3.5-inch disk.

The outfit has overcome the write head problem which is the biggest issue with traditional HDD drive storage. An average hard drive maxes out at about 10-14TB. But by integrating “a spin torque oscillator,” new write head, microwaves can create the energy levels to copy data within a lower magnetic field than before.

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