1TB per Sqaure Inch?

[PV5150]

Fujitsu have apparently broken the 1TB restriction using a curious physical trick involving at least three devices a hard drive has never had to use thus far: a very small space heater, a virtual refrigerator just as small, and an optical reading mechanism. Care to comment? Feel free to do so below...

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[FarFarAway]

When are they gonna release something that goes faster instead of storing more?

 

[FragTek]

I agree! Bring on the 20k RPM drives, w00t w00t!

 

[Ham]

How fast has the super expensive scsi drives got?

And rapors need some compatiton imo.

 

[FragTek]

How fast has the super expensive scsi drives got?

And rapors need some compatiton imo.

SCSI drives top out at 15k if things haven't changed since the last time I looked.

Raptors would be the end-all drives right now if WD would just make a friggin' SATAII version of it. I still can't believe that they released the 150gb version as SATA 1.5, bloody idiots!

 

[TJS]

Yep, 'size matters' still comes out every now and then...

but where pc's are concerned, I'm 'Mr. Speed'! (<--old KISS song) Question is, do faster rotational speeds count as much as throughput? In any event, I recall HDD's are the slowest component in a pc so yeah, gotta make 'em faster instead of fatter.

TJS

 

[FragTek]

Wirelessly posted (LG Fusic: Opera/8.01 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/2.0.4719/1378; en; U; ssr))

Yep, 'size matters' still comes out every now and then...

but where pc's are concerned, I'm 'Mr. Speed'! (<--old KISS song) Question is, do faster rotational speeds count as much as throughput? In any event, I recall HDD's are the slowest component in a pc so yeah, gotta make 'em faster instead of fatter.

TJS

currently rotational speed directly coincides with througput but most hd busses cant handle the extra performance gain from a faster rotational speed.

 

[Nagaru]

I agree that the hard drives need to get faster although I think the best way may be to put 2 head mechanisms in one drive. Also a greatly increased density should provide faster transfer speeds.

 

[nathan]

dont think this will be used in desktop pc's. think it will be used in more portable solutions.

I think the next step you will see in hard drive performance is going to be solid state. Although we could be waiting a while.