Toshiba To Begin Production Of Sub 1 Inch Hard Drive By Year's End
Toshiba plans to begin commercial production of its 0.85-inch hard drive before the end of this year, the company says.
Source: PC WorldThe drive, which was first unveiled earlier this year, is about the same size as an SD (Secure Digital) memory card. Target applications include a new generation of smaller digital music players and other portable multimedia devices such as cellular telephones. Specifications of the first production drives were not available, but Toshiba's latest prototype drive can store up to 2GB of data and about one-tenth of an inch thick, a Toshiba spokesperson says. Initially Toshiba will produce drives for sale to other companies for inclusion in their own products, he says. Typically it takes between three and six months for products featuring new components to appear on the market.
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