Monday, January 6, 2003
4GB Microdrive by the Fall of 2003
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "HARDWARE" @ 07:00 AM
"Hitachi Global Storage Technologies today announced plans to squeeze four gigabytes of data onto the 1-inch Microdrive, the world's smallest hard disk drive. With considerable advances in miniaturization technology, Hitachi engineers have overcome numerous magnetic recording challenges associated with developing hard disk drives of this size. The 4GB Microdrive is expected to be available in the Fall of 2003."
I was beginning to think the development of the microdrive had been abandoned. Nothing much has happened since the 1GB drive was released in 2000. It uses so-called Pixie Dust, which IBM developed last year. Hitachi and IBM have pooled their hard drive technologies into a joint venture under the Hitachi name.
I was beginning to think the development of the microdrive had been abandoned. Nothing much has happened since the 1GB drive was released in 2000. It uses so-called Pixie Dust, which IBM developed last year. Hitachi and IBM have pooled their hard drive technologies into a joint venture under the Hitachi name.
