Giant magnetoresistance (GMR)
Duration :
3.45
Copyright :
Synchrotron SOLEIL
Realization :
Jean-Yves Pipaud EPSIM
Date :
2010
Video in French - GMR read heads are used in computer hard drives. But what is their function? What are they made of? What is giant magnetoresistance? Where does it come from? What does it make possible?
Visuals copyrights: Synchrotron SOLEIL, CNET networks, IBM, Computer History Museum, Seagate, Fotolia.
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