Wednesday, January 5, 2005
Hitachi's Mini Hard Drive to Double in Capacity in 2005
Posted by James Fee in "HARDWARE" @ 06:00 PM
"Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is planning to at least double the capacity of its 1-inch Microdrive hard-disk drive within this year, the company says from Las Vegas, where the 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show has officially begun. At present Hitachi's most capacious Microdrive can hold 4GB of data, but the new drives, due in the second half of this year, will be able to hold between 8GB and 10GB, said Bill Healy, senior vice president of product strategy and marketing at HGST. n addition to offering more storage space, the drives will also occupy about 20 percent less volume than current models, said Healy. One of the biggest space savings will come from replacing the Compact Flash interface with a ZIF (zero insertion force) connector of the type favored by consumer electronics makers."
How much smaller can these drives get? Digital media players like the iPod mini and the Creative Zen should get smaller in size and hold more music. I have big hands though so small isn't always better for me. :lol:
How much smaller can these drives get? Digital media players like the iPod mini and the Creative Zen should get smaller in size and hold more music. I have big hands though so small isn't always better for me. :lol:
