Hitachi and Toshiba partnered to develop a new technology to raise HDD storage capacity by more than 10 times

It was revealed that Hitachi and Toshiba, one of the domestic major players in the HDD market, will develop technology to raise the recording capacity of HDD (hard disk drive) to more than 10 times.

Hitachi and Mitsubishi Chemical already in the optical disc fieldTo undertake the development of the next-generation optical disc realizing the large capacity of 40 times or more of Blu-rayAlthough it is clarified, it seems that the tendency of manufacturers to cooperate with each other surviving seems to be strengthening.

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Hitachi · Toshiba, recording HDD capacity by 10 times Video recording for one year - latest news: IT-PLUS

According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun news report, Hitachi and Toshiba are going to jointly develop a new technology to raise HDD recording capacity significantly.

This is to increase the recording capacity of HDD, which was said to be the limits of doubling by existing technology, by more than ten times by 2012 by making full use of nanotechnology. With the new technology as the weapon, Seagate of the biggest manufacturer and It plans to compete with Western Digital.

By installing an HDD that adopts newly developed technology in a hard disk recorder etc., it becomes possible to record one year's worth of full high-vision picture quality, and if the power consumption of the data center can be reduced by more than 20% Thing.

Currently the maximum capacity is 2 TB HDD, but how much does "capacity more than 10 times" point to what capacity? If a really 20 TB HDD etc appears, it is inevitable to say that it is innovative technology ... This is ...