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Seagate launches 30/32TB capacity Exos M mechanical HDD (30/32TB capacity) (www.guru3d.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They work through electron tunneling through a semiconductor, so something does go through them like an old punch card reader

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

Current ones also store multiple charge levels per cell, so they're no longer one bit each. They have multiple levels of "punch" for what used to just be one bit.