Hitachi 1 terabyte hard drive
p2pnet.net News:- There’s a new hard drive in town.
It’s not quite Michael Thomas’ Optical Computer with almost infinite storage capacity, but it’s an important step closer to the day when your humble, home PC will become a true one-stop home entertainment centre with games, pix and more – lots more – tv shows, movies and music, with all that implies.
Does that mean we’ll suddenly be out of the thrall of Bill and the Boyz and the rest of them? Not quite. But a 1 terabyte hard drive at some 40 cents per gig. Think about the possibilities.
Because that’s what Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is offering with its $400 Deskstar 7K1000, slated to go on sale sometime this spring. It’s also coming out with a CinemaStar 1TB version offering a means of storing more data on DVRs.
And the CinemaStar 7K1000 will retrieve up to 250 hours of high-definition programming, says the company, goi ngon that the 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM Parallel-ATA/Serial-ATA hard drives are built on perpendicular magnetic recording technology.
Hitachis says its 1TB hard drives are targeted to two application areas:
Deskstar 7K1000 – gaming and high-performance PCs, external storage devices and upgrade applications
SATA 3.0Gb/s and PATA-133 interfaces
Ramp load design for increased shock protection
Three low-power idle modes to boost power efficiency
CinemaStar 7K1000 – DVR applications
Adaptive error recovery and SMART command transport for optimized video streaming and picture quality
Smooth Stream Technology to optimize the drive for audio/video applications requiring reliable storage
“Bedroom quiet” acoustics
An enterprise version designed for lower duty-cycle, high-capacity enterprise environments is currently under evaluation at major OEM customers and is expected to be available in the second quarter, adds Hitachi.
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Also See:
almost infinite – Every file you ever owned on 1 disc, February 25, 2004
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