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Seagate Makes Breakthrough

Posted by justin++ on Tuesday February 17, 1998 @10:28AM from the buncha-really-tiny-mirrors dept.

A division of Seagate Technology, Inc. has announced a new way of increasing disk drive capacity density. Quinta has disclosed key parts of their technology, which they call Optically Assisted Winchester (OAW) technology to make a practical magento-optical disk that is capable of holding 40GB/square inch. The new technology uses mirrors, a new servo system, and other methods to allow these large capacities.

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