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60TB disk drives could be a reality in 2016 - Computerworld

2012-05-22
Computerworld - The maximum areal densities of hard disk drives are expected to more than double by 2016, according to an IHS iSuppli storage space market report published Monday. While the data may not be new -- hard drive company Seagate has also ...

Hard Disk Drives' Densities to Double by 2016 - Analysts. - Xbitlabs.com

2012-05-20
Maximum areal densities in hard disk drives (HDD) are expected to more than double during the five-year period from 2011 to 2016, spurring continued growth for HDDs in storage-intensive applications such as video and audio systems, according to an IHS ...

Dr. Mac: Speedy solid state drives have some negatives - Houston Chronicle

2012-05-20
Last week I picked up a 2-terabyte USB hard disk for around $140. The new drive is much bigger, faster, and cheaper than my first one, but aside from that, hard disk technology hasn't changed much. They're sealed boxes with robotic "read/write heads" that ...

TOSHIBA to Launch Hybrid HDDs in September 2012 - Softpedia

2012-05-23
Just after selling its own Thailand-based hard disk factory, the company started bragging about doubling its HDD market share. Right now, with Fujitsu’s old HDD division combined, Toshiba only manages less than 9% of the global hard disk drive market.

Video and audio storage requirements drive doubling of maximum hard drive densities by 2016 - Embedded.com

2012-05-22
Maximum areal densities in hard disk drives (HDD) are expected to more than double during the five-year period from 2011 to 2016, spurring continued growth for HDDs in storage-intensive applications such as video and audio systems, according to ...

Alert: PS3 Ghost Recon comes with 6.35Gb mandatory install - vg247.com

2012-05-23
If you’re going to buy the PS3 version of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier this week, be ready to give up a chunk of hard disk: it’s comes with a 6.35Gb forced install. If you’re going to buy the PS3 version of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier this ...

Seagate and LaCie Announce Exclusive Agreement with Intent for Seagate to Acquire Controlling Interest in LaCie - Investors Business Daily

2012-05-22
CUPERTINO, Calif. & PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) the worldwide leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions, and LaCie S.A. (Euronext: LAC), a leading manufacturer of consumer storage products, today announced an ...

Your choice in .VHD files, and what it implies (So many questions. So little time. Part 36) - SYS-CON Media (press release)

2012-05-22
Jeanne asked two questions at our TechNet Event a couple of weeks ago: So.. in question #1 you’re asking about the implications of using one particular .VHD (virtual hard disk) disk type; Fixed, Differencing, or Dynamic.  To answer that question ...

EMC’s XtremIO Buy Could Trigger Flash-Storage Consolidation - Wall Street Journal

2012-05-16
After big payoffs in the last few years on scale-out storage, venture investors have heavily bet on the next transition in storage–the move away from hard disk drives and toward flash storage in the data center. EMC Corp.’s $430 million ...

Fujitsu updates FMV series lineup of personal computers - TMCnet

2012-05-23
Lightweight and measuring 15.6mm at their thickest point with an integrated hard disk drive-the UH family and is equipped with a CPU from the 3rd Generation Intel core processor family. It weighs 1.44kg, and offers 9.1-hours of battery runtime.