论文信息 - Forecasting the future of data storage: case of hard disk drive and flash memory

Forecasting the future of data storage: case of hard disk drive and flash memory

Purpose – This paper aims to forecast the future of data storage technologies, using the case of two major technologies driving the data storage world; hard disk drive (HDD) or conventional longitudinal recording and flash memory.Design/methodology/approach – Four principal tools of forecasting technology are applied to present the coming future of data storage technologies. These tools consist of bibliometric trend analysis, patent trend analysis, technology cycle time (TCT), and growth curve. Numbers of publications each year and cumulative patents are used to analyze the future of these competitive technologies. The median age of the patents is applied to find the technology lifecycle of both technologies. Finally, areal density of HDD is plotted on the growth curve to forecast the saturation point of researching on conventional longitudinal recording.Findings – The results produced from utilizing these tools indicate that these two technologies are continuously under development. It is found that the ...

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