11 Facts (About Seagate) to Stump Any History Buff

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History is important. It may not feel like it when sitting at the desk of a stuffy classroom while a short, horn-rimmed glasses wearing, nasal sounding person who looks like they were part of history instead of teaching it is yammering on about dates and events, but trust us when we say that it is.

History is an incredible teacher. It’s an opportunity to look back on accomplishments and failures giving lessons on how we can be better and opportunities to do things differently.

Seagate has a very rich history. Founded in 1979, it’s been a pillar in the tech industry weathering good and bad economies (and natural disasters) all while continuing to meet the world’s increasing demands for data storage in sectors such as healthcare and cloud computing while keeping a finger on the pulse of current data trends.

Here are some other historical factoids you may not know.

  • 1980: Seagate launches world’s first PC hard drive, the ST506 – it was 5MB and cost $1,500
  • 1992: Seagate is first to launch a 7200-rpm hard drive, for enterprise servers.
  • 1996: Seagate introduces the world’s first 10,000-rpm hard drives.
  • 1997: Seagate offers industry’s first 7,200-rpm Ultra ATA drive for PCs.
  • 2000: Seagate produces world’s first 15,000-rpm hard drive.
  • 2002: Seagate is first to demonstrate Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR), which is expected to be the industry’s next step to boost data density beyond current technology limits.
  • 2007: Seagate ships the industry’s first self-encrypting hard drive.
  • 2008: Seagate is first company to have shipped 1 billion HDDs.
  • 2010: Seagate introduces the world’s first integrated solid-state hybrid drive (SSHD), combining SSD-like speeds with HDD’s higher capacities and better economies.
  • 2011: Seagate releases the first wireless hard drive.
  • 2012: Seagate is first to achieve storage density of 1 terabit (1 trillion bits) per square inch, in a HAMR demonstration.

The demands of this digital driven world have increased the need for storage within a very short time. History is being a bit prophetic and telling us that this need is only going to increase.

Data storage itself has a bit of an interesting history. Did you know that punch cards, one of the earliest tools used to record information, were invented in 1725? Did you know they were first used in textile manufacturing?

Crazy right?

Data storage has been around for some time in ways that we’ve likely never considered. Check out the infographic below for a free history lesson – nasal tone and glasses not included.

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2017-08-08T15:33:19+00:00

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