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Huawei says its mysterious new magneto-electric storage device offers unparalleled density.
Up to 10 petabytes per rack.
The company also highlighted the technology's ability to lower total connection cost by 20% when compared to tape storage, and reduce power consumption by a staggering 90% in comparison to conventional hard drives. The underlying principle of MED technology seems to be the magneto-electric effect, which creates a connection between the magnetic and electric properties of a material. Given the description, one of the first technologies that comes to mind is Western Digital's energy-assisted magnetic recording, which is used in various of the company's hard drives.
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