Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has started commercial shipments of 1.3-inch hard disk (HD) media with storage capacity of 40 gigabytes per disk, using the perpendicular...

Notebook computers can be as powerful as desktops these days, especially as hard-disk makers like Hitachi grab industry bragging rights by unveiling a 500-gigabyte drive...

Celebrating the 50-year anniversary since the birth of the hard drive, Hitachi is also celebrating an areal density achievement of 345 gigabits per square inch...

Fujitsu announced the new MHW2 BH series of hard disk drives (HDDs) for mobile PCs, its first 2.5" HDD offerings to incorporate perpendicular magnetic recording...

Hitachi announced the Travelstar 5K160 today, its new 2.5-inch 160-gigabyte hard drive designed for notebook and mobile computing. The drive features a new read/write head...

Seagate today announced its Cheetah 15K.5 hard drive, the first 3.5" hard disk based on perpendicular technology. The drive offers a 300 gigabytes capacity and...

Toshiba will showcase its latest developments in perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) on the technology at DiskCon 2005, the premiere HDD industry event, Sept. 20-21, in...

Toshiba Storage Device Division (SDD) has announced shipment of the first HDD based on perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR). The new 1.8-inch HDD, used primarily in...