A head-start for Seagate in next-generation storage devices

Storing more data using increasingly small devices is a continued engineering challenge. Now that industry is achieving 2Tb/in2 densities, Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) technology will be required to break through. The NU-MATHIMO project has been training researchers to this end.

Kicked off in 2013, NU-MATHIMO is essentially an attempt to create bridges between academia and industry, with a view to accelerating innovation in magnetic recording data storage devices. The project brought together data storage company Seagate with the universities of Duisberg-Essen and Uppsala. It used their complementary expertise to study the properties of magnetic materials and, most importantly, help enable higher moment (or saturation flux density) than seen in state-of-the-art storage devices.

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