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Seagate Sets New Record With 36TB Hard Drive And Teases Upcoming 60TB Model (techcrawlr.com)
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[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 5 points 17 hours ago

My poor memory is telling me the heat is used to make the bits easier to flip, so you can use a weaker magnetic field that only affects a smaller area, allowing you to pack in bits more closely. It shouldn't have the same problem as SMR.