NEW YORK, N.Y.—Built around the IBM disc memory, a random access memory unit has a storage capacity of 5,000,000 digits. Any of these digits can be reached directly without scanning through ...

In an effort to ease the transition to higher-capacity disc technology, Toshiba and Memory-Tech have developed a dual-layer disc that supports DVD and HD DVD formats. A smooth shift from the old ...

Large among the current technology debates is whether or not flash memory will displace hard-disk drives (HDDs) as the foremost digital storage device. The hypothesis has received much attention from ...

Today, a paper-thin, magnetic-memory disk is a commercial reality. Just six months ago, the developmental ancestor of this flexible-disk memory made its debut at the Eastern Joint Computer Conference ...