A sequential storage medium used for data collection, backup and archiving. The first electronic storage medium, magnetic tape is made of flexible plastic with one side coated with a ferromagnetic ...

Dublin, Oct. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Magnetic Tape Market by Base Materials (Synthetic Rubber, PVC and Others), by End-Users (Data Storage, Packaging & Labeling, Consumer Appliances and ...

Magnetic tape may seem like a pretty antiquated data storage technology, but its density and capacity is still hard to beat for big data centers. Now, IBM and Fujifilm have teamed up to create a ...

IBM discovered a way to pack 201 gigabytes of data per square inch, or a maximum of 330 terabytes, onto a single tape cartridge that’ll fit in the palm of your hand. It is capable of housing 330 ...

Music lovers may have long forsaken them, but magnetic tapes still reign supreme when it comes to storing vast amounts of digital data. And new research from IBM and Fujifilm could ensure that tape ...

In the time when technological development is the gauge of advancement, the American government’s move to replace magnetic tape storages with digital storage has been highly debated. The move can be ...

The LTO Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs), Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM Corporation and Quantum today released their annual tape media shipment report, detailing year-over-year shipments ...

The computer's storage media prior to solid state drives (SSDs). Magnetic tape and disks were developed in the 1950s and commonly used together in companies for decades. Tape was the primary medium ...

Imagine a time before Discord servers and cheap long-distance calls. Back in the 1950s, a curious and crafty group of enthusiasts invented their own global social network: on reels of magnetic tape.

The most commonly used medium for recording sound. It is manufactured in various widths (1/4, 1/2 and one inch primarily) and thicknesses (3.0, 1.5, 1 and .5 mil where 1 mil = 1/1000 inch) for ...