Talk:Millipede memory

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Speculation
The section on Usage Scenarios, especially the paragraph on "high capacity hard drives" is utter speculation and should be deleted. [If you think it isn't speculation, provide a reference.] The reason why millipedes are interesting for replacing hard drives is because they have higher data densities, faster data access times, lower power requirements, and higher reliability. It is unlikely that one would spin the mems surface as this would increase power requirements, decrease reliability, etc. http://www.ssrc.ucsc.edu/~darrell/Papers/MASCOTS-Hong-04.pdf

Chuck Simmons 19:52, 29 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I've seen this claim before as well, although I do not have a ref. The idea would be that a single set of cantilevers could operate the entire array, thereby lowering costs. Operating speeds would be reduced as compared to a full XY array, but it would still be (theoretically) faster than a hard drive because it would be able to read all the tracks at the same time, more like a drum. Maury 13:44, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Outdated info
"IBM now plans to introduce devices based on this sort of density in 2007."

That was 2 years ago. Is there more recent info on when this technology either was or will be commercially available?

Contributions/137.240.136.82 (talk) 19:23, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Technical problems
The section on how it works states 200 C read temp and 400 K (130 C) g.t.t. for the acrylic storage media. Obviously this would result in erasing the stored bit at every read attempt. Can anyone provide better numbers? Patent.drafter (talk) 13:23, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

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Proposed Edits
Hello. I am assigned to this article for a class, and I plan to be editing it within the next few days. My proposed edits are as follows: For these changes, I plan to reference the HDMI article as well as the technology manual of style. Best regards, OKtamu (talk) 15:58, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) Rephrasing the lead to reflect the article's nature as a technology not currently being used or pursued.
 * 2) Reorganizing the subheadings to streamline the article.
 * 3) Rephrasing the writing style to be a bit less technical for the layman reader.
 * 4) Adding a source perhaps to better establish whether or not the technology is currently being used or pursued.

Is Millipede Memory still used?
I'm trying to understand if Millipede memory is currently being pursued or if it is more of a historical stage of technology. If someone from this article knows more about the subject, I would love to discuss the nature of the article more in-depth. OKtamu (talk) 16:31, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Editing the Lead
The lead feels a bit too technical as is. There is a lot of good information here, but it gets very detailed right off the bat, so I'm going to be trying to streamline it a bit. I'll have the original lead linked here if anyone thinks my edit might not be appropriate or some details need to be retrieved. Best regards, OKtamu (talk) 16:26, 6 March 2020 (UTC) Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Millipede_memory&oldid=943917360

Continued Edits
I just completed a general edit of the "basic concept" section for overall grammar, flow, and clarity to the best of my ability. Of course, I'm open to adjustments if anyone thinks these edits need to be revised. For that purpose, I'll have the previous version of the page linked here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Millipede_memory&oldid=946376247 Best regards, OKtamu (talk) 16:26, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Final Edits
I just finished the last of general edits for flow, grammar, and clarity on the whole of the article. I also added some slight organization to the history section, since there was a lot of good information about different time periods of development, but it was all together in one long paragraph for the most part. As with before, I am open to alternations and retrieval of the old article if anyone feels that my edits were in error or that they needed to be accomplished differently. The older version of the article is linked above in my comments under "Continued Edits". Best regards, OKtamu (talk) 18:03, 23 March 2020 (UTC)