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Speaking at a briefing organized by the International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association (IDEMA) Monday, Mark Geenen said there were no serious competitors to current hard disk technology for cost-effective data storage. Notebook computers will be fitted with 300GB drives and small drives which can be used in mobile phones and PDAs (personal digital assistants) will be able to store around 20GB, Geenen said. Read… Read More

The company said the drive can store up to 69Gb per square inch, has Spin Valve GMR heads, GDT media and MEEPRML read channel technologies. And it claimed a 22 per cent improvement in average latency compared to current 4,200RPM products. Buffer size has been expanded to 8MB, while FDB spindle motor technology has been used to improve non-operating shock tolerance and decrease acoustic noise. “Producing a 5,400RPM… Read More