A device invented by Dr. Bobeck in 1966, for mass storage of data is ____________.
A device invented by Dr. Bobeck in 1966, for mass storage of data is Magnetic bubble storage.
Magnetic bubble memory technology has advanced considerably since the concept was introduced by Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1967. Research indicated that small cylindrical magnetic domains, which are called magnetic bubbles, can be formed in single-crystal thin films of synthetic ferrites or garnets when an external magnetic field is applied perpendicularly to the surface of the film. These bubbles can be moved laterally through the film by using a varying magnetic field.
Bubble memory is a type of non-volatile computer memory that uses a thin film of a magnetic material to hold small magnetized areas, known as bubbles or domains, each storing one bit of data. The material is arranged to form a series of parallel tracks that the bubbles can move along under the action of an external magnetic field. The bubbles are read by moving them to the edge of the material where they can be read by a conventional magnetic pickup, and then rewritten on the far edge to keep the memory cycling through the material. In operation, bubble memories are similar to delay line memory systems.