New Magnetic Material To Provide "Boost" To Hard Drives

[Entropy]

According to a report made by Ivan Schuller of the University of California, San Diego, "A highly sensitive magnetic material that could transform computer hard drives and energy storage devices has been discovered."

The new material's magnetism can be adjusted via voltage, without applying a magnetic field. This is the only material known to man in which this is possible.

Source: http://bbc.com/news/science-environment-26435809

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Professor Shuller’s material operates within a narrow range of temperatures. When the oxide is cool, it operates as insulator. When it’s hot, it works as a metal. At a sweet spot of about 20 degrees Kelvin above room temperature, the material becomes a strange new substance that can create a five-fold change in coercivity, or “magnetic resistance“.

 

While exact applications for the material are yet unknown, Schuller and his colleagues predict it could be useful in data storage and electricity networks. Anything from computer hard drives to electrical transformers could benefit from the technology, which stands to make devices more efficient, powerful, and easier to manipulate.

 

Source: http://inhabitat.com/newly-developed-magnetic-material-could-revolutionize-electronics/

[KamiKatze]

I find it sad that such sources aren't scientific enough. Professors allways make their invention sound kinda magical to make it appealing to the masses. I'd really like to know how it works.

[Entropy]

I completely agree. I'm sure there will be a more in-depth report on the subject soon, but you take what you can get.

[greenroost1445]

nice...

[JAKEBAB]

i just want petabyte hdds with the speed of an ssd and the it never degrades already we have had the same hdd tech for years its so boring.

[colonel_mortis]

i just want petabyte hdds with the speed of an ssd and the it never degrades already we have had the same hdd tech for years its so boring.

If only. But this is only a new magnet technology, so while I'm sure it will eventually allow for considerably faster hdds, it will be a long time before its remotely cheap, and by then ssds will have increased in speed too. Petabyte drives will arrive, probably next decade based on how much they have improved in the past. So yes, you can have all that stuff, but not soon.

[Dragonvader]

Here comes an article for those of you who are a bit more interested in the actual workings of these new magnets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140303103748.htm

[dizmo]

If only. But this is only a new magnet technology, so while I'm sure it will eventually allow for considerably faster hdds, it will be a long time before its remotely cheap, and by then ssds will have increased in speed too. Petabyte drives will arrive, probably next decade based on how much they have improved in the past. So yes, you can have all that stuff, but not soon.

Like Kingston's PCIe SSD coming out soon...only 200mbps under the cap of the slot *drool*