News tagged ‘hard disk drives’
Wednesday, 21 Nov 2012
Western Digital Announces WD Black 4TB Desktop Hard Drives (Update)
Western Digital has just announced the availability of their WD Black 4TB 3.5-inch, 7,200rpm hard disk drives. The company also touts the new features of the drive like its dual-processor, dual-actuator technologies and these drive are covered with a five-year limited warranty.
Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012
Seagate Reveals Three Enterprise-class Hard Drives
Seagate announces three new enterprise-class HDDs aimed at optimizing traditional data centers as well as emerging cloud infrastructures. The three models are the Enterprise Value, Enterprise Capacity, and Enterprise Performance.
Friday, 14 Sep 2012
Hitachi GST Announces Helium-Filled Hard Disk Drive Platform
Hitachi GST has announced its new helium-filled hard disk drive platform. This radical technology is touted to reduce power consumption by around 23 percent and in turn helps to lower overall operating temperatures by up to four degree Celsius. The company plans to ship such HDDs by 2013.
Thursday, 15 Dec 2011
Hitachi GST Ships Two New 4TB Deskstar-Based HDDs
Hitachi GST has launched two products based on its new 4TB HDDs early this week. The Deskstar 5K4000 is a 3.5-inch HDD targeted at consumer PCs while its Touro Desk external drive, with the new 4TB capacity, houses the Deskstar 5K4000.
Friday, 11 Nov 2011
Hard Drives' Prices Shoot Up
Thailand's flood crisis may be slowing down, but the tech industry may take a year or more to recover from its devastating effects. The most obvious problem now is that hard disk prices are shooting up dramatically.
Tuesday, 18 Oct 2011
Salt Used to Increase Hard Disk Storage Density Sixfold
Using electron beam lithography and common everyday table salt, researchers at Singapore's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering have increased the density of hard disks by a factor of six.
Wednesday, 7 Sep 2011
Hitachi GST Announces 1TB Per Platter Hard Drives
Hitachi GST has announced their flagship 3.5-inch hard drive featuring 1TB of storage capacity per platter.
Tuesday, 8 Mar 2011
Western Digital to Acquire Hitachi GST for US$4.3 Billion
Western Digital and Hitachi announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby WD will acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $4.3 billion.
Thursday, 6 Jan 2011
Seagate Introduces GoFlex for Mac External Drives
Seagate introduces a new collection of GoFlex for Mac external drives designed to make it easy for those who use Mac OS X and Time Machine to backup, shuttle, or share their digital content.
Wednesday, 20 Oct 2010
WD Launches 3TB Hard Drive
WD has announced that it is now shipping a 3.5-inch 3TB internal hard drive for US$239 and a 2.5TB version for US$189.
