Perpendicular storage continues to gain momentum in the storage world, with Samsung joining Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, and other manufacturers releasing the next-generation hard drives to the market.
Samsung introduced its M80 Series drives featuring PMR (Perpendicular Magnetic Recording) technology in 80GB, 120GB, and 160GB capacities. The drives represent Samsung’s first foray into drives based on perpendicular technology, which places data bits perpendicular to the disc, compared t...