CPP-GMR head

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies' giant magneto-resistive head will have perpendicular current and will allow the company to increase the density of drives.

Pictured is a diagram of a current perpendicular-to-the-plane giant magneto-resistive heads or CPP-GMR for short.

October 14, 2007 9:01 PM PDT

Photo by: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies