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> spinning hard drives, and those aren't used that much anymore Hey! Are you basing this statement on your own experience of your personal/business hardware? B
by falsedan 9y ago
> spinning hard drives, and those aren't used that much anymore
Hey! Are you basing this statement on your own experience of your personal/business hardware? Because spinning rust has never been more heavily used, for bulk on/near-line storage.
Judging by the list of alumni from Prof. Wang's group, HDD manufacturers have a strong demand for advanced applications of magnets, plus a tiny fraction from biomedical techs.
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- VMG 9y agoYou were right, I did not consider bulk storage outside my personal use. Thanks.
- theandrewbailey 9y agoHard drives are one of those big technologies that are more widely used and more important after they are obsolete[0]. [0] for some definition of obsolete.