Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. During recent prior year projections for digital storage and memory we have not talked much about digital storage using optical ...

HDD shipping capacity and revenue are projected to be over 6.5EB and between $25B and $35B by 2030. We project magnetic tape ...

Alternative long-term media include optical discs rated for 5 to 100 years, with M-DISC advertising a lifespan of 1,000 years ...

UK-based startup SPhotonix was formed in 2024 to commercialize what's known as 5D optical data storage, often referred to as "memory crystals." Essentially, the technique encodes ...

What’s the Future of Memory and Storage conference? What’s new at FMS 2024? FMS 2024: the Future of Memory and Storage kicks off on August 6 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. It used to be called ...

Sony debuted on Monday optical storage discs that use blue-laser technology to hold more data and that offer improved durability. Sony indicated that the Professional Disc and Blu-ray will remain ...

The drive letter X: in Windows usually stands for the use of a RAM disc. RAM refers to Random Access Memory, i.e. the working ...

Over the last few years, much of the enterprise storage market has focused on flash technology, but the hard disk drive (HDD) format has plenty of life in it yet. It is true that flash storage offers ...

Sony debuted on Monday optical storage discs that use blue-laser technology to hold more data and that offer improved durability. Sony indicated that the Professional Disc and Blu-ray will remain ...