magnetic recording
noun
: the process of recording sound, data (as for a computer), or a television program by producing varying local magnetization of a moving tape or disc
magnetic recorder
noun
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Our first blog focused on the latest developments and projections for magnetic recording (HDDs and magnetic tape).
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Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Magnetic tapes also use magnetic recording, but the areal density of magnetic tape is many generations behind HDDs.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
These drives do not use shingled magnetic recording and have 10 platters.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Western Digital already had a steep climb to win back NAS customers' trust after shipping NAS drives with SMR (shingled magnetic recording) instead of CMR (conventional magnetic recording).
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 12 June 2023
Toshiba announced HDDs with a form of energy assisted magnetic recording, called microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) in 2021.
—Tom Coughlin, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
Seagate however is also championing another form of energy assisted magnetic recording, heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) that uses lasers to heat the disk surface during writing.
—Tom Coughlin, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
The development of magnetic recording during the second world war made possible the editing and layering of tracks; the release of Tascam’s PortaStudio, a multitrack recorder, in the late 1970s made decent home-recording equipment available to the consumer market.
—The Economist, 15 June 2020
The smallest size that’s practical to use for magnetic recording is known in this business as the superparamagnetic limit.
—Mark Lantz, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2018
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Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Magnetic tapes also use magnetic recording, but the areal density of magnetic tape is many generations behind HDDs.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
These drives do not use shingled magnetic recording and have 10 platters.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Western Digital already had a steep climb to win back NAS customers' trust after shipping NAS drives with SMR (shingled magnetic recording) instead of CMR (conventional magnetic recording).
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 12 June 2023
Toshiba announced HDDs with a form of energy assisted magnetic recording, called microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) in 2021.
—Tom Coughlin, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
Seagate however is also championing another form of energy assisted magnetic recording, heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) that uses lasers to heat the disk surface during writing.
—Tom Coughlin, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
The development of magnetic recording during the second world war made possible the editing and layering of tracks; the release of Tascam’s PortaStudio, a multitrack recorder, in the late 1970s made decent home-recording equipment available to the consumer market.
—The Economist, 15 June 2020
The smallest size that’s practical to use for magnetic recording is known in this business as the superparamagnetic limit.
—Mark Lantz, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2018
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“Magnetic recording.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnetic%20recording. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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