Archive for 'History of Digital Storage'

History of Digital Storage. Part 7: NAND in SSDs

The Marriage of NAND Flash and SSDs A History of Digital Storage Tape Drives Magnetic Drum Memory The Birth of the Hard Drive The 5.25-inch Hard Drive Limitations of the HDD The RAM SSD & NAND NAND in SSDs NAND technology paved the way for a new breed of SSD that is able to emulate [...]

History of Digital Storage. Part 6: The RAM SSD and NAND

The RAM Solid State Device: The NAND SSD Forerunner A History of Digital Storage Tape Drives Magnetic Drum Memory The Birth of the Hard Drive The 5.25-inch Hard Drive Limitations of the HDD The RAM SSD & NAND NAND in SSDs In 1978, StorageTek introduced the first modern SSD. This pioneering SSD had a maximum [...]

History of Digital Storage. Part 5: Limitations of the HDD

An HDD’s Mechanical Limitations A History of Digital Storage Tape Drives Magnetic Drum Memory The Birth of the Hard Drive The 5.25-inch Hard Drive Limitations of the HDD The RAM SSD & NAND NAND in SSDs In spite of new technologies like perpendicularly aligned bits and HAMR, HDDs are mechanical devices at heart and, as [...]

History of Digital Storage. Part 4: The 5.25-inch HDD

A History of Digital Storage Tape Drives Magnetic Drum Memory The Birth of the Hard Drive The 5.25-inch Hard Drive Limitations of the HDD The RAM SSD & NAND NAND in SSDs In 1980, Seagate Technology introduced the world’s first 5.25-inch hard drive, bringing HDDs to a broader audience; prior to 1980 only large and [...]

History of Digital Storage. Part 3: The Birth of the Hard Drive

IBM’s RAMAC: The Birth of the Hard Drive A History of Digital Storage Tape Drives Magnetic Drum Memory The Birth of the Hard Drive The 5.25-inch Hard Drive Limitations of the HDD The RAM SSD & NAND NAND in SSDs The hard disk drive (HDD) is the workhorse of modern storage systems, from personal computers [...]

History of Digital Storage. Part 2: Magnetic Drum Memory

Magnetic Drum Memory: A Forerunner of the Modern Hard Drive A History of Digital Storage Tape Drives Magnetic Drum Memory The Birth of the Hard Drive The 5.25-inch Hard Drive Limitations of the HDD The RAM SSD & NAND NAND in SSDs Almost in parallel to tape drive development, magnetic drum memory was finding use [...]

History of Digital Storage. Part 1: Tape Drives

The 726 and UNISERVO Tape Drives: The Beginning of Digital Storage A History of Digital Storage Tape Drives Magnetic Drum Memory The Birth of the Hard Drive The 5.25-inch Hard Drive Limitations of the HDD The RAM SSD & NAND NAND in SSDs Engineers first used magnetic tape to record audio signals prior to World [...]

A History of Digital Storage

Survival of the Fittest Memory A History of Digital Storage Tape Drives Magnetic Drum Memory The Birth of the Hard Drive The 5.25-inch Hard Drive Limitations of the HDD The RAM SSD & NAND NAND in SSDs Throughout modern history many and various digital storage systems have been researched, developed, manufactured, and eventually surpassed in [...]