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This lecture covers the evolution of magnetic recording media, focusing on the stability criteria of individual storage grains, the trilemma in magnetic recording, and strategies like exchange coupled layers and Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording. It also discusses the read/write head components, the two-current model, and the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance.