hitachi and Seagate technology companies on CES 2007 presented to the community information about the intentions to leave for the world market with the new systems for storing enormous massifs information. In the first turn the representatives of company connected this fact with the increasing needs of users for the volumetric disk depositories for storing photographs collections, video and films in high resolution and music.
Hitachi global storage technologies marked this strategy with the announcement of device with the capacity of – 1000 Gb or 1 tera-byte. This hdd, two times exceeds in volume the available now 500 Gb hdd and openned a new possiblity for pc users , in which the calculation goes already using teras-byte and not giga-byte, which we thus took care literally 2-3 years ago. It is known that this film occupies 4-5 times more space, than cinema in the standard resolution. The specialists hitachi calculated, that the depository with the volume of 1 teras-byte will ensure user 250 hours of video in high resolution.
marketing of company intend to begin sales of this device already in the first quarter with assumed price $399. For comparison with 500 Gb hard disks witch users pay approximately $250-$299.
Seagate company whose capacities are located into Scotts valley California, in Sunday on the same CES 2007 presented its version of hdd,. It is known that these devices will become accessible to users already in the following month.
I will recall that Hitachi and Seagate presented their developments on exhibition for consumer electronics consumer show, which passes in Las Vegas, largest measure of this type in THE USA, with a quantity of visitors is more than 140 thousand .