IBM & Fujifim Advance Magnetic Tape Technology

IBM and Fujifilm have been working toward creating a linear magnetic tape storage device for about five years now. The company believes that this type of storage will be the best way to store information in the near future. Many critics panned the idea because the storage space presented five years ago was considered lousy due to being presented on a 8TB magnetic tape cartridge. As technology advances so did IBM and Fujifilm's linear magnetic tape storage device. The following is an overview of the 35TB magnetic tape cartridge that the company just unveiled.

These two companies believe that magnetic tape still has a lot of potential during a time in which most of the industry has moved on because of their thinking be the exact opposite. The simple fact that both of the companies have been working on the technology for so long shows they still believe it has a lot of potential. Magnetic tape cartridges could eventually be implemented into home computer stations. The possibility of this is amazing because it would provide users with ten times more memory space than they currently have.

What is amazing about a 35TB magnetic tape cartridge is its data density. This small looking strip is able to store nearly 30 billion bits per inch squared. IBM and Fujifilm were able to do this through creating a new recording method. What this recording method is seems to be unknown because the companies wish to not reveal their processes quite yet. However the fact that they have managed to go from 8TB to 35TB in such a small amount of time shows up that the storage space can be increased even more over the next few years.

This storage cartridge technology might not mean a lot to many of you right now. You might be wondering why these two companies are sticking by a storage pattern that many other people have abandoned. It is because store information on something that is film like opens a door of endless possibilities. Imagine a large spool of magnetic tape inside of a super computer. The memory storage could be considered endless at that point. It will be interesting to see what the company does next but I'll be sure to keep you posted right here.