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Breaking Boundaries in Storage Technology
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This episode features an interview with Alan Johnston, Vice President of Recording Head Technology at Seagate. With over 25 years of industry experience, Alan has been at the forefront of designing and developing Seagate’s revolutionary Mozaic 3+ platform for the past 12 years.
Alan provides an in-depth overview of the development and intricacies of Seagate’s HAMR (Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording) technology that lives within the Mozaic 3+ platform. He discusses the transition from PMR (Perpendicular Magnetic Recording) to HAMR, emphasizing its superior capacity, efficiency, and potential for future expansion. Highlighting Seagate's innovation and collaboration across global teams, Alan underscores the technological and environmental benefits of HAMR in the ever-evolving digital era.
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“The whole industry has to move towards HAMR [technology] over the next five years. And again, HAMR has got legs at least as far as I can see over the next ten years, more than enough for us to go work to try keep pushing and boosting aerial density for the next decade.”
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*(03:07) Components inside the Mozaic 3+
*(07:57) PMR vs. HAMR technology
*(13:10) Understand the new technologies in the Mozaic 3+
*(14:50) Importance of Aerial Density
*(17:23) Impact of Mozaic 3+
*(20:01) Seagate's Commitment to Innovation and Collaboration
*(23:38) Sustainability and Circularity
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