Tuesday, April 5, 2005
20 GB Microdrive In Your Pocket
Posted by Jon Westfall in "HARDWARE" @ 09:00 AM
"Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is announcing new advancements to a 100-year-old magnetic recording technology that will set the stage for ultra-high capacities such as a 20GB (gigabyte) Microdrive or a one terabyte 3.5-inch hard drive. To achieve this, Hitachi has demonstrated the industry's highest data density at 230 gigabits per square inch (Gb/in2) on perpendicular recording."
This actually sounds temptingly cool; the idea that in the future our hard drives will be small enough to back up 4 copies of all my important data onto a handheld boggles the mind today, but may be very real tomorrow. This brings up a question: What technology have you seen take off in the past 10 years that you never thought would become so widespread? Do you see these super small high-capacity drives as being the miracle product of the next 10 years?
This actually sounds temptingly cool; the idea that in the future our hard drives will be small enough to back up 4 copies of all my important data onto a handheld boggles the mind today, but may be very real tomorrow. This brings up a question: What technology have you seen take off in the past 10 years that you never thought would become so widespread? Do you see these super small high-capacity drives as being the miracle product of the next 10 years?
