Re: [newbie] IBM Deskstar news
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: -- Hitachi Takes over Management of IBM storage disk technology 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 Hitachi had the first 10,000 rpm drive, if memory serves me correctly. --LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] IBM Deskstar news
Title: RE: [newbie] IBM Deskstar news -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of et Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 10:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] IBM Deskstar news 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: -- Hitachi Takes over Management of IBM storage disk technology 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 Hitachi had the first 10,000 rpm drive, if memory serves me correctly. --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.
Re: [newbie] IBM Deskstar news
On Wednesday 08 Jan 2003 4:01 pm, et wrote: 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 Or does it swirl the other way? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
