Tag Archives: Storage Concepts

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 [...]