Seagate has patented technology that could theoretically increase hard drive capacity ten fold. Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) allows the read/write head to get closer to the surface of the disk thanks to nanotube-based lubrication. This technology can usher in 600GB 1.8 inch drives, 1.46TB 2.5 inch drives, and 7.5TB Barracuda 3.5 inch drives. To put 7.5TB in to perspective you could store about 577 hours of DV video or 1,595 single layer DVDs. It is worth noting Seagate has not given any date as to when we will start to see this technology in real world products. A 7.5 Terabyte hard drive coming soon?
Seagate has patented technology that could theoretically increase hard drive capacity ten fold. Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) allows the read/write head to get closer to the surface of the disk thanks to nanotube-based lubrication. This technology can usher in 600GB 1.8 inch drives, 1.46TB 2.5 inch drives, and 7.5TB Barracuda 3.5 inch drives. To put 7.5TB in to perspective you could store about 577 hours of DV video or 1,595 single layer DVDs. It is worth noting Seagate has not given any date as to when we will start to see this technology in real world products. Reader Comments
(Page 1)2. oops! Force of habit. I'm not used to using TB yet.
Posted at 11:17PM on Jul 6th 2006 by Russell Heimlich
1. To put 7.5*TB* into perspective. Big difference.
Posted at 10:20PM on Jul 6th 2006 by David Crowe