Throughout the history of computers, one aspect has plagued and restricted its growth more than any other: permanent storage. From the very first computers that used punched cards and tape for input ...

If you have ever owned a computer, especially over previous decades, you know that the type of storage used has changed many times. Thankfully, we’re long removed from the days of hard drives taking ...

In the era of digital dominance, our computers serve as repositories for a vast array of files, applications and data. Efficient storage management is crucial for maintaining a well-functioning system ...

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Hard disk drives sure have come a long way, baby. In the 1950s, storage hardware was measured in feet — and in tons. Back then, the era’s state-of-the-art computer drive was found in IBM’s RAMAC 305; ...

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In 2022, humans created just under 100 trillion gigabytes of data, and that volume will nearly double again by 2025. With this, the pressure to find innovative ways of storing is growing, because ...

The IT industry is always striving to overcome bottlenecks, and one of the biggest is input/output (I/O). Whether it is memory bandwidth, network bandwidth or how quickly a high-resolution screen can ...

A common refrain in the tech industry is that artificial intelligence (AI) needs fast storage. While true, speed is not the only consideration when supporting the growing number of AI workloads, ...

Optical storage did evolve-from the early monsters like the 55-pound bruiser mentioned in this story-to magneto optical drives, compact disc drives, writable CDs, rewritable CDs and now DVDs. And some ...