Formerly the name carbohydrate was used in chemistry for any compound with the formula C m (H 2 O) n. Following this definition, some chemists considered formaldehyde (CH 2 O) to be the simplest carbohydrate, while others claimed that title for glycolaldehyde.
Samsung unveils 2.5-inch 16TB SSD: The worldâs largest hard drive. Third-generation 3D V-NAND is now up to 48 TLC layers and 256Gbit per die. At the Flash Memory Summit in California, Samsung has unveiled what appears to be the world's largest hard driveâand somewhat surprisingly, it uses NAND flash chips rather than spinning platters.
The first iteration of this technology was introduced by IBM in 1956. It was large, almost around the size of two large household refrigerators, and had a total capacity of 5 MB. From 1956-2015, there has been a great improvement in modern hard drives. Now, innovative technology has been introduced and hard drives have new interfaces and greater storage, performance, and flexibility.