The hard disk drive has proved as pivotal as the printing press in terms of its impact on human society. This paper examines both the history of and the prospects for the technology supporting these ...

A gamer recently discovered something startling when his external hard drive failed. What appeared to be a routine tech issue ...

The paper presents a novel approach for driving a voice coil motor (VCM) in a hard disk drive (HDD), based on an adaptive voltage driver. The adaptation of the driver compensates for the variations of ...