Another world's smallest hard drive Peripherals / Toshiba Posted by zmcnulty on Dec 15, 2003 - 08:02 AM |
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At 0.85 inches, it's smaller than a MicroDrive. Toshiba Corporation presented that they have developed a 0.85 inch hard drive, which is the world's smallest.  [1]The disk's diameter is smaller than that of a 500 yen piece. Even with the drive mechanism and other components surrounding the disk itself, it is still smaller than a MicroDrive, which uses a 1 inch hard drive. Recording capacity is at 2~3GB, and it is planned for use in devices like cellular phones. Mass production is supposed to start on or after 2005, and the OEM price will be around 30,000 yen. Original Article: http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1215/toshiba2.htm [2] |
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This article is from TechJapan http://www.techjapan.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=38 Links in this article [1] http://www.techjapan.com/images/1203/121503/toshiba2.jpg [2] http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1215/toshiba2.htm |
