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you gotta love the "Hitachi's new five-layer patented "Pixie Dust" media.
I wonder if the "Pixie Dust" works the same in the Northern Hemisphere as it
does in the Southern Hemisphere, or does it require a "Pixie Dust Adaptor"
On Wednesday 08 January 2003 09:38 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> Guys and gals...From Tom's Hardware:
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> Hitachi Takes over Management of IBM storage disk technology
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> As we reported previously, Hitachi assumed management responsibility for
> IBM's hard disk drive storage technology on Monday. In a press release
> issued today, the new entity, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies,
> announced plans to squeeze four gigabytes of data onto the existing
> 1-inch Microdrive, the world's smallest hard disk drive. The new 4GB
> version of the Microdrive will rely on ultra-miniaturized components,
> including a new read-write head that is one-half the size of its
> previous version and yields a 40% decrease in the height at which the
> head travels above the disk platter. The Femto Slider Head is the next
> generation of head slider technology. This new technology is reported to
> be so miniaturized that it is comparable in size to a single grain of
> table salt.
>
> The tracks per inch of the Microdrive's areal density have been
> increased to more than sixty billion bits of data per square inch,
> according to Hitachi. The areal density of the 4GB Microdrive is made
> possible by using Hitachi's new five-layer patented "Pixie Dust" media
> technology. Another significant technical achievement is an increased
> data transfer rate reported to be a 50% improvement from the earlier
> version of the Microdrive.
>
> <<<<<Snip rest of marketing blah>>>>>>>>>
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> Hitachi had the first 10,000 rpm drive, if memory serves me correctly.
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> --LX
IBM must have licensed or sold the patent to Hitachi for the pixie dust technology cause if I remember correctly, about a year ago, IBM was touting this breakthrough in harddrive technology. Dennis M.
