Hitachi Announces HD Storage Boost
Hitachi announced today that 20GB 2.5cm hard drives will be commercially available by the end of next year.
This represents a "density breakthrough" which will allow much higher capacities than today's drive technology. Current micro-drives, such as the ones used in the iPod Mini, max out at 6GB. This new "perpendicular" recording technology would allow for a 20GB iPod Mini in 2007. Capacity of such micro drives are expected to reach 60GB within 5-7 years.
The technology, of course, will also bring increased capacity desktop drives which could max out at one terabyte.
This represents a "density breakthrough" which will allow much higher capacities than today's drive technology. Current micro-drives, such as the ones used in the iPod Mini, max out at 6GB. This new "perpendicular" recording technology would allow for a 20GB iPod Mini in 2007. Capacity of such micro drives are expected to reach 60GB within 5-7 years.
The technology, of course, will also bring increased capacity desktop drives which could max out at one terabyte.
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90 months ago
Sure they are small and large in file storage capacity, but what about speed? It would be cool to have a portable version of Mac OS X that I could take around and boot on any mac anywhere.
90 months ago
Now That is cool. So does this mean 20 gig ipod minis and microdrives for cameras?
90 months ago
This looks promising for the future... even more space to store stuff. Wonder if they'll be available with standard interfaces (i.e. SATA)?
Anyone have any experience with Hitachi drives at the moment?
Anyone have any experience with Hitachi drives at the moment?
90 months ago
2 years away who cares anyway?
Yeah, I thought technology was supposed to be twice as good every 9 months on average. I guess that makes this just an average announcement.
90 months ago
So how long until a 60GB hard drive for the mini? I want one of those.
Fishes,
narco.
Fishes,
narco.
90 months ago
Sounds awesome!!! They're getting smaller and smaller all the time, before we know it they'll be microscopic!
90 months ago
It's nice to hear about progress, but a whole year and a half lead time is annoying.
90 months ago
New Hitachi 60GB mini's combined with the battery tech of Toshiba = some bad ass iPods.
Sorry guys, I still love my mini.
Sorry guys, I still love my mini.
90 months ago
i guess this is good news because now we can just sit back and watch all the 20GB iPod Mini mockups come through while we all fantasize and drool over our own visions of a 20GB Mini. :D :p
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