The hard drive in your computer right now — or even your smartphone, ... Magnetic tape data storage dates back to the 1950s, and its cutting-edge status lasted for several decades.

Magnetic tape drives have long occupied the role that hard drives have shifted toward since the emergence of SSDs – cost-effective cold storage. Although they're too slow for most users, ...

HoloMem's technology distinguishes itself from earlier holographic storage ventures by using mass-produced, low-cost ...

The amount of data you can squeeze onto a hard drive continues to grow by leaps and bounds, with Seagate announcing a 60TB SSD late last year. But thanks to IBM and Sony, tape might still reign ...

Magnetic tape, 3M, 6250 CPI for computer tape drives, used as storage media between 1970 and 1990 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This year, 2012, digital plastic substrate magnetic tape turns 60 years old.

Research scientists have achieved a new world record in tape storage – their fifth since 2006. The new record of 201 Gb/in2 (gigabits per square inch) in areal density was achieved on a ...

The computer's storage media prior to solid state drives (SSDs). Magnetic tape and disks were developed in the 1950s and commonly used together in companies for decades.

It may seem odd to some that in the year 2020, magnetic tape is being discussed as a storage medium for digital data. After all, it has not been common in home computing since the 1980s. Surely the ...

Fujifilm Recording Media U.S.A and IBM today announced they were able to demonstrate a new particulate that can be used to create magnetic tape cartridges that are 44 times more dense than today ...

The TK50Z drive was swapped for a TZ30 which shuttles the tape less, but also critically with a simple hack, would allow the heads to be cleaned with IPA between read passes.