Artifact Details

Title

Iwasaki, Shunichi oral history

Catalog Number

102717204

Type

Document

Description

One of the most significant recent technology developments has been the commercialization of Perpendicular Magnetic Recording, or PMR. Starting in 2005, adoption of PMR facilitated a tenfold increase in the data capacity of Hard Disk Drives (HDDs). HDD capacities of 10 TB are the norm in 2017. Professor Shunichi Iwasaki, of Tohoku University, was the most important champion of PMR. He also made key PMR inventions. This oral history records the contributions Professor Iwasaki made to the success of PMR.

Date

2016-07-29

Contributor

Iwasaki, Shunichi, Interviewee
Tanaka, Yoichiro, Interviewer

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Place of Publication

Sendai, Japan

Format

PDF

Category

Transcription

Subject

Perpendicular Magnetic Recording; PMR; Tohoku University

Credit

Computer History Museum

Lot Number

X7914.2017

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102717205 Iwasaki, Shunichi oral history