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Hitachi Promises 4-TB Hard Drives By 2011

Posted by kdawson on from the behind-your-gmr-let-there-be-found-your-gmr dept.

zhang1983 writes "Hitachi says its researchers have successfully shrunken read heads in hard drives to the range of 30-50 nanometers. This will pave the way for quadrupling today's storage limits to 4 terabytes for desktop computers and 1 terabyte on laptops in 2011." Update: 10/15 10:39 GMT by KD : News.com has put up a writeup and a diagram of Hitachi's CPP-GMR head.

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  1. Re:Waiting for... by Solra+Bizna · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well, some of us are still using storage with a reasonable level of efficiency. My hard disk was 60GB and that was more than plenty.

    BTW, just got this ultra-modern 500MHz G3 iBook. It's sweet!

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  2. Re:Waiting for... by aplusjimages · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    With all that content are you actually using it all? If it's all video, are you watching it all? I know people who are addicted to downloading. One friend downloads music that he never has a chance to listen to because he's downloaded so much.

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