Advances in disk technology: Performance issues

Computer

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 75-81

  Ng, Spencer W ^a,b,c  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; MAGNETIC RECORDING; PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY;

DATA TRANSFER RATE; DISK DRIVE TECHNOLOGY;

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0032070598     PISSN: 00189162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2.675641     Document Type: Review

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