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Balancing a stack of data on a spinning platter
![Balancing a stack of data on a spinning platter](https://pcper.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/pcper-news.jpg)
BTX Form Factor explores the upcoming hard drive technology, perpendicular storage. By keeping the magnetic particles used for storage standing vertically instead of lying them on the surface, much greater storage density can be reached. This requires a new manufacturing process that they briefly touch on as well.