The first industry-standard demonstration showing unprecedented advantage of PMR over longitudinal magnetic recording (LMR) at nanoscale dimensions was made in 1998 at IBM Almaden Research Center in collaboration with researchers of Data Storage Systems Center (DSSC) – a National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERCs) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).
Demonstrasi berstandar industri pertama yang memperlihatkan keunggulan PMR atas perekaman magnetik longitudinal (LMR) pada dimensi nano dilakukan tahun 1998 di IBM Almaden Research Center bekerja sama dengan para peneliti dari Data Storage Systems Center (DSSC), bagian dari National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (NSF-ERC) di Carnegie Mellon University.