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Samsung launches two-platter 1TB disk drive
News This raises capacity to 500GB per platter and makes a two-platter 1TB product possible, according to Samsung. Increased density means higher performance, so the two-platter 1TB Spinpoint product operates up to 30 percent faster than a three-platter...
[July 30, 2009, 16:20]
Seagate serves up 60GB on a platter
News Hard drive maker Seagate Technology has claimed a new record for cramming data onto a disk, announcing a new line of 3.5-inch drives that can fit 60GB on a single platter. Current drives top out at 40GB per platter, which are stacked up like...
[June 25, 2002, 10:22]
Western Digital offers new Caviar platter
News The three-platter 3.5-inch WD Caviar 4Gb drive will be followed by one and two platter models later, starting with a 1.2Gb single-platter model. The drive has an average seek time of 12ms and can transfer data at up to 16.6Mb/sec.
[December 11, 1996, 13:34]
Seagate launch drive with 500GB on single platter
Blog The Seagate drive offers 500GB on a single platter of its 3.5in, 7200RPM Barracuda 7200.12 HD drive which come standard with two disks on a 1TB drive. Seagate and Toshiba both launched new disk drives this week offering 500GB capacity which is...
[January 7, 2009, 11:47]
Yup just orded myself a single platter drive
Talkback I orded Seagate Barracuda single platted 500gb drive, 7200.12 quiet & fast, looking forward to it it has received good reviews also.
[July 30, 2009, 20:54]
Hard drives: a pictorial history review
Reviews Bill Healy, executive vice president at Hitachi, holds up a platter from a 1-inch microdrive in his right hand. In his left is a 24-inch platter from IBM's RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control), which came out 50 years ago.
[September 13, 2006, 15:10]
Toshiba 1.8-inch hard drive reaches 240GB mark
News Toshiba announced on Tuesday two 1.8-inch hard drives, including the single-platter 120GB (MKxx31GAL series) and the world's first dual-platter 240GB (MK2431GAH) internal hard drives. The single-platter version also includes an 80GB offering.
[September 10, 2008, 10:50]
Perpendicular recording promises roomier iPods
News The MK8007GAH is an 80GB two-platter hard drive whose 1.8inch diameter is small enough to fit into a portable device such as a digital music player. Toshiba will also sell a single-platter 40GB drive called the MK4007GAL.
[December 14, 2004, 15:30]
Is extensibility giving you a headache?
Blog Comment We're no longer worried about extending storage capacity because storage is essentially dumb - it's not application aware; it's metal bits on a spinning platter, and the game is about fitting more bits on the platter.
[May 22, 2008, 11:37]
Drive density breakthrough from Toshiba
News The MK4007GAL 4.6cm drive packs 40GB on a single platter, which is the most for a 4.6cm diameter hard drive platter to date. Two configurations of the drive exist: a 40GB with one platter and a two-platter 80GB drive.
[August 17, 2005, 15:55]
Western Digital debuts 3-inch hard drive
News The WD Portfolio connects to an EIDE bus and offers up to 70 per cent more platter capacity and better performance than the 2.5-inch drives that are the orthodox choice for mobile PCs, according to the firm.
[December 4, 1996, 12:22]
A Year Ago: WD debuts 3-inch hard drive
News The WD Portfolio connects to an EIDE bus and offers up to 70 per cent more platter capacity and better performance than the 2.5-inch drives that are the orthodox choice for mobile PCs, according to the firm.
[December 4, 1997, 9:26]
Seagate goes mobile with new hard drives
News The Momentus drives, which are shipping in volume now, will each use a single platter, rotating at 5,400 revolutions per minute. Sticking to a single platter adds to reliability, Seagate said. Although other notebook drives run at this speed, most...
[June 16, 2003, 8:16]
Fujitsu announces 80GB notebook storage
News Fujitsu created the 80GB device by increasing the drive's areal density, or the amount of data that a hard-drive platter -- a small, thin disk -- can store per square inch. Hard drives hold data on one or more platters, and the data is written by a...
[March 10, 2003, 15:39]
Maxtor loads up disk platters
News With the new media and perpendicular recording technology, Maxtor said it is possible to more than double the amount of data that can be crammed onto a typical disk, from the standard 80GB per 3.5-inch platter to 175GB.
[October 13, 2003, 13:20]
Fujitsu promises 170GB notebook hard drives
News When the new hardware is combined with the platter, or media, advancements that Fujitsu announced last August, hard drive density is expected to reach 300 gigabits per square inch, according to the company.
[May 13, 2002, 9:02]
Maxtor beefs up DiamondMax drives
News Drive makers have combined the 7,200rpm speed, up from 5,400rpm, with higher areal densities (or the amount of data that a drive maker can fit onto a single platter) and a new, higher-bandwidth ATA133 interface in a quest to outdo one another and...
[September 5, 2002, 15:32]
'Drivezilla' has monster 200GB storage
News Drivezilla can stuff 66.7GB of data on each platter. A platter, which resembles a record or CD, is used to store data in a hard drive. Most other hard drive makers, such as Seagate, have surpassed the previous mark of 40GB per platter and have...
[July 30, 2002, 9:56]
Dissecting a hard drive review
Reviews On the left is the head disk assembly, which contains a round platter where data is stored and read via the triangle-shaped mechanical arm and head. Western Digital adds the yellow piece in the top right corner, called a ramp, which holds the...
[November 14, 2007, 7:08]
Industry divided over future of hard drives
News To increase the areal density, which is the amount of data a single platter inside a hard drive can hold, engineers have shrunk the size of bits and grains over the years. The devices store data in bits, which are microscopic spots on a hard drive...
[August 29, 2006, 13:25]
