It delivers the highest memory performance available today for servers (1333 Mbps) and at its highest density enables extremely high capacity (3TB) memory configurations for four-way server systems.

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In addition, the inherent benefits of the platform, including the helium fill, allow HGST to significantly improve datacenter TCO on virtually every level: capacity, power, cooling and storage density.

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Providing this storage capacity with HDDs and with slower areal density growth than in the past will require more HDD components and a major investment in HDD component capital equipment.

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The conference included many papers on various aspects and issues in energy assisted magnetic recording (HAMR is one version of this) as well as a technology called shingled magnetic recording where magnetic recorded tracks are written offset from each other giving a higher track density and thus more storage capacity.

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Lastly, LG Chem developed a high-density 2, 100mAh battery that provides more power capacity and prolonged charging cycles.

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The automakers need to come out with battery packs that can retain a greater percentage of their storage capacity for longer, cost half as much, and have improved energy density, so that they can serve many driving cycles.

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The increased cell-site density will give traffic planners much more flexibility to deliver high-capacity services than if the two companies operated separately.

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While the growth in HDD areal density has declined in recent years the industry continues to make progress in designing and producing higher capacity HDDs.

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