Hard drives work by spinning platters full of magnetized data while a read/write head very quickly harvests or changes bits as needed. Older (or perhaps cheaper) drives spin at 5400 RPM, better drives ...

In this article we look at Nidec projections for HDD spindle motor demand and analyze what this may mean for HDD demand this year and into 2024 and 2025. We also look at a recent announcement by ...

Lexington, Mass.&#8212Citing an optimized chip partitioning scheme that extends battery life in consumer applications, STMicroelectronics' compact L7208 motor controller IC for 1.8-inch and ...

Hard drives work by spinning platters full of magnetized data while a read/write head very quickly harvests or changes bits as needed. Older (or perhaps cheaper) drives spin at 5400 RPM, better drives ...

STMicroelectronics’ compact and highly-integrated hard disk-drive (HDD) Motor Controller targets 1.8-in. and sub-1.8-in. drives used in portable products such as MP3 and video players. The L7208 HDD ...

I know very little about electronics but I decided to have some fun using old parts. After taking apart a hard drive I wanted to make the motor spin and this is where my question comes in. My electric ...

Geneva, Switzerland — STMicroelectronics has developed a hard-disk-drive(HDD) motor control chip for enterprise-level HDD applications. The L7220 motor controller integrates all of the circuits ...

Japan-based hard disc drive (HDD) motor supplier Nidec, which contributes close to 75% of the global HDD motor shipments, has announced its Ayutthaya plants in Thailand have already resumed production ...

TOKYO, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Japan's Nidec Corp said that it was restarting its hard drive motor factory No.1 in Thailand on Tuesday, after production was halted due to floods. Nidec's shares have been ...

Samsung Electromechanics will exit the hard disk drive (HDD) motor business to concentrate on core businesses. The decision comes a month after it said it would contemplate exiting non-core sectors.

Mechanical hard drives are sensitive, precise electromechanical devices consisting of a combination of rotating disks and read/write heads floating above them. Despite their complex construction, they ...

The shortage of hard disk drives will have a significant impact on the growth of PCs in the fourth quarter, according to Barclays Capital. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, ...