This 'racetrack memory' could eventually replace all other forms of computer memory and lead to tiny, rugged, and inexpensive portable devices.

Dr. Stuart S.P. Parkin is an experimental physicist at IBM’s Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. His discoveries into the behavior of thin-film magnetic structures were critical in enabling recent increases in the data density and capacity of computer hard-disk drives.

He joined IBM in 1982 as a World Trade Post-doctoral Fellow, becoming a permanent member of the staff the following year.

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