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sailerboy · 06-19-09

Correct me if im wrong, but im sorta envisioning a miniture inkjet printer, as in the head would go back and forth, and the device would move the track back and forth in the other direction

Squeeker The Cat · 06-19-09

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Sickly awesome. More and more I see our world becoming that of sci-fi novels and movies... I mean holy shiza, imagine this tech with several layers of this material when we can fit TB's on each one... stack a few in one drive, bam. By the time my unborn child (due on Nov 19th, lol) is a teen, we'll have Petabyte drives... insanity!

i got ya beat i have a child due sept 11th!!!! we need to start a daddies to be thread or something!!

Kirmie · 06-19-09

I like and don't like this idea at the same time AND I can explain why I don't like it. I don't like this because if they have to move the platter back and forth then the middle bits will be accessible by the head way more often then the outside bits. Now if they converted this to a crazy spinning circular platter with multiple non-moving heads this could be more effecient. The problem there would probably be trying to track where each head is reading from at the current moment, but I'm sure there is a way to figure that out (if it even is a problem).

noldevin · 06-19-09

I think multi-head standard HDDs are a better idea. I mean really, why hasn't anyone tried it?

sLowEnd · 06-19-09

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I think multi-head standard HDDs are a better idea. I mean really, why hasn't anyone tried it?

Wouldn't multiple heads mean more chances of failure? (kinda like RAID 0)

noldevin · 06-19-09

Well more moving parts could introduce more chances of failure... But if it were a high-end part they could increase the parts quality and raise the price a bit.

Madman340 · 06-19-09

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Originally Posted by Kirmie

I like and don't like this idea at the same time AND I can explain why I don't like it. I don't like this because if they have to move the platter back and forth then the middle bits will be accessible by the head way more often then the outside bits. Now if they converted this to a crazy spinning circular platter with multiple non-moving heads this could be more effecient. The problem there would probably be trying to track where each head is reading from at the current moment, but I'm sure there is a way to figure that out (if it even is a problem).

I don't see how you think a huge spinning disk would be more efficient. (What we have now really)

The low power consumption is from the properties these heads (p-whatever crystals) are made out of. Really all they have to do is have the heads in exactly the same areas at the perfect distance from eachother... They would reach all areas of the rectangular disk.

superon · 06-19-09

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Well more moving parts could introduce more chances of failure... But if it were a high-end part they could increase the parts quality and raise the price a bit.

Well, apparently there is only one moving part - the rectangular media with the data on it -which jiggles around, creating sectors.

NickOulton · 06-19-09

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This isn't all that complex if you understand the basics of piezoelectricity. In fact, I find it's operation much simpler to understand compared with current NAND based SSDs.

I concur

CJRhoades · 06-19-09

No.. if anything this will replace SSD's because those are going to replace HDD's in a couple more years.

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