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rowanG077 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: 447 TB/cm² at zero retention energy – atomic-scale...

I don't think there are public numbers. No doubt IBM knows. I do expect that trend to reverse this year if true.

Dylan16807 3 months ago [–]

https://www.lto.org/2025/07/lto-tape-technology-shipments-sc...

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/lto_2024_tape_shipmen...

Unless something is wrong with these numbers, it's simple enough to do rough math to get tape count and compare with historical numbers.

Claims of 5.7 or 5.8 million drives over the lifetime of the format can also be compared to older data to see a slowdown.

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