Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Toshiba Ramping Up 0.85 Inch Hard Drives
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 11:00 AM
"Toshiba plans to begin commercial production of its 0.85-inch hard drive before the end of this year, the company says. The drive, which was first unveiled earlier this year, is about the same size as an SD (Secure Digital) memory card. Target applications include a new generation of smaller digital music players and other portable multimedia devices such as cellular telephones. Specifications of the first production drives were not available, but Toshiba's latest prototype drive can store up to 2GB of data and about one-tenth of an inch thick, a Toshiba spokesperson says...Looking ahead to the end of the decade, Toshiba says it expects 0.85-inch hard drives to boast capacities of between 15GB and 30GB. Larger 1.8-inch drives should be available in capacities between 160GB and 320GB while 2.5-inch drives could be available up to 640GB and 3.5-inch drives to 2TB."
Anyone else looking forward to the end of the decade? I sure am! :mrgreen:
Anyone else looking forward to the end of the decade? I sure am! :mrgreen:
