First TB Hard Drives from Hitachi
Techtree News Staff, Feb 27, 2007 1109 hrs IST
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has announced the industry's first terabyte (TB) hard drives, Deskstar 7K1000, and Cinemastar 7K1000.
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has announced the industry's first terabyte (TB) hard drives, Deskstar 7K1000, and Cinemastar 7K1000.
The Deskstar 7K1000 1TB hard drive promises to meet the needs of consumers who want to create, share, and store their digital information, while the Cinemastar 7K1000 1TB hard drive promises to provide optimized capabilities specifically designed for digital video recording (DVR) applications.
The two 1TB hard drives are targeted at two distinct application areas; Deskstar 1TB targets gaming and high-performance PCs, external storage devices, and upgrade applications, while CinemaStar 1TB is targeted at DVR applications.
According to Hitachi, they have focused on maximizing the value of the hard drive by spearheading the era of the 'smart' hard drive that incorporates customized features tailored for the application-set served.
Shinjiro Iwata, Chief Marketing Officer, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, said, "Hitachi is leading a new era for hard drives not only providing large amounts of affordable storage, but also customizing and optimizing hard drives to deliver products that are smarter, more durable, and more useful to the consumer."
Hitachi's 1TB products promise to deliver the performance and reliability required for the digital lifestyle. The 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM Parallel-ATA/Serial-ATA hard drives are built on perpendicular magnetic recording technology, which was first introduced by the company in Travelstar 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch product lines.
The Deskstar 7K1000 features SATA 3.0Gb/s and PATA-133 interfaces, ramp load design for increased shock protection, and three low-power idle modes to boost power efficiency.
The CinemaStar 7K1000 features adaptive error recovery and Smart command transport for optimized video streaming and picture quality, as well as smooth stream technology to optimize the drive for audio/video applications requiring reliable storage.
The Deskstar 7K1000 SATA version is scheduled for availability in Q1 2007 in 750-GB and one-TB capacities. The suggested retail price for 1TB capacity is $399 (Rs 17,635), or 40 cents per gigabyte (GB). The CinemaStar 1TB hard drive will be available in the second quarter.
Apart from these TB hard drives, Hitachi has also announced the availability of "Travelstar C3K80" a new 1.8-inch hard drive with up to 80 gigabytes (GB) of storage capacity, with features geared to the needs of consumer handheld devices.
Like the two TB hard drives, Travelstar C3K80 is also based on perpendicular magnetic recording technology. With a 30-percent increase in storage capacity, a 20-percent decrease in power consumption and shock protection, the company claims to address three most important requirements for consumer electronics, including ample room for storing music, video, and other digital content, longer battery life, and unbeatable ruggedness with 600 Gs of operating shock tolerance.
According to the company, the combination of these makes the new 1.8-inch hard drive especially suited for applications such as video-based MP3 players, digital camcorders, portable media players, and handheld global positioning devices.
The leading low-power consumption of the Travelstar is due in large part to a reduction of the disk spin-speed from 4200 RPM to 3600 RPM, which is one of the key changes in the latest hard drive. The lower RPM allows longer usage time and enables 40-percent improvement in power-on-to-ready time over previous-generation 1.8-inch Hitachi products.
The Hitachi Travelstar C3K80 has a 128KB buffer and a media data transfer rate of 288Mbps, and is already available worldwide.
USER COMMENTS
hi can anyone pls tell me the cost and where do i get the 1 TB harddisks and that to in Hyderabad?
by Pradeep kumar, warangal, on Apr 10, 2007 04:03 PM, Report abuse Reply
HITACHI HARDS DESK 40GB TO 160GB PLAS RATE
by bhavesh bha, mumbai in powai harandni, on Mar 16, 2007 09:06 AM, Report abuse Reply
One liners about the tentative price.....aren't they helpful ?
by sushantV, Gurgaon, on Feb 27, 2007 11:21 AM, Report abuse Reply
the approximate pricing is given above i.e. $ 399.
by atul, delhi, on Feb 28, 2007 12:27 PM, Report abuse
hey.. iv already gt a 1tb external hd from western digital.. so how come these are first.. quite a misleading headin if u ask me..
by Punk, mumbai, on Feb 27, 2007 01:34 PM, Report abuse Reply
100% true i dont know whethr techtree guys take money to popularize the brand.
by mrc, bng, on Feb 28, 2007 02:07 AM, Report abuse
Mr. Punk, Hitachi has launched the Internal Hard disk drive not the external. External drive wil be build by putting 2-3 internal drives in a Casing, so capacity can go upto 2 TB also... so this is sure that u didn;t read the article, just want to put a comment on this....so improve your reading habbit...
by vikas, bangalore, on Feb 28, 2007 12:20 PM, Report abuse
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Hi, In the last sentence you say "The Hitachi Travelstar C3K80 has a 128KB buffer and a media data transfer rate of 288Mbps, and is already available worldwide." Can you give at least 1 link where I can buy Hitachi Travelstar C3K80 ? Darius
by Darius, Mathura, UP, on Apr 28, 2007 07:23 PM, Report abuse Reply