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From ravage@ssz.com Tue Dec 30 11:20:36 1997 From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com> Message-Id: <199712301720.LAA06321@einstein.ssz.com> Subject: IBM breaks disk-drive bottlenecks... [CNN] To: users@ssz.com (SSZ User Mail List) Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 11:20:35 -0600 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1988

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New technology stores 11.6 billion bits of data on one square inch of disk

December 30, 1997: 10:49 a.m. ET

More related sites... NEW YORK (CNNfn) - IBM announced Tuesday that it has broken a major barrier in magnetic disk-drive storage density which could eventually lead to ultra-thin computers. [INLINE] New developments from the computer company will allow 11.6 billion bits of data per square inch to be stored on a disk drive, enabling more information to be stored in the same amount of space. [INLINE] The new technology will first appear in products in the year 2001. It will be used initially in 2.5 inch, non-removable disk drives, which are mainly featured in portable computers.

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