Storage system uses MO discs, delivers HDD speed

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Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., Kubota Corp. and NCR Japan Ltd. have jointly developed a rapid data storage system that utilizes an automatic magneto-optical (MO) disc changer. The system consists of two 5.25-in MO drives, a Hyper Agent dedicated controller and an automatic MO changer, which contains 40 MO discs. The system has a 100GB capacity and a hard disc drive built into the controller as a large-capacity cache gives the system a response time equivalent to that of a hard disc drive. The cache has an average capacity of 36GB and a maximum capacity of 90GB.

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Develops with Mitsubishi Chemical & Kubota a rapid data storage sys that utilizes an automatic magneto-optical disc changer

Japan, Rigid Disk Drives, Hard disk drives, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., Kubota Corp., NCR Japan Ltd., Article

With DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM technology, Panasonic supports lossless video storage

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Panasonic Industrial Co is constantly developing enhanced products to satisfy user demands for compact, durable and versatile recording media. The firm reports that demand for DVD-RAM drives has expanded from 120,000 units in 1999 to nearly 600,000 in 2000. It expects sales to reach 1.5 million units in 2001,largely due to the availability of DVD-ROM drives that read DVD-RAM. Panasonic officials also credit leading systems and software developers for the rapid acceptance of DVD-RAM technology.

Plated Wire Memories, Disk drives

Compaq, IBM work together on computer-storage sales

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United States-based companies IBM Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp. plan to sell each other's computer storage products.

Alliances, partnerships, Memories & Storage Devices, Computer storage devices, Compaq Computer Corp., CPQ, International Business Machines Corp., IBM