The low-cost cloud applications we enjoy today would not be possible if not for the low-cost hard-drive. This series of videos provides a glimpse of the challenges and the cleverness of the folks who developed the technology in the 70s and 80s that laid part of the foundation for today’s innovations.
These video segments were filmed at the inaugural meeting of the IEEE Silicon Valley Technology History Committee (co-sponsored by IEEE Magnetics Society of SCV), held on 11/12/13. Moderated by IEEE Region 6 Director Elect Tom Coughlin, panelists included the founder of Komag along with other hard disk drive industry participants who were Santa Clara Valley magnetic recording pioneers.
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