Hitachi to Show Streaming Video on First CE-ATA Hard Drive
At StorageVisions 2006, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies will demonstrate the first working CE-ATA hard drive running on an Intel platform.
The live demo will show streaming video from a Hitachi Microdrive 3K8 one-inch
hard drive over the CE-ATA interface, connected to an Intel XScale application
processor. Hitachis CE-ATA demo can be viewed in room N246 at the Las Vegas
Convention Center on January 7, from 10:30 AM to 1 PM.
With video representing the next killer application for CE devices due to its need for high storage capacity, Hitachi has been in discussion with leading manufacturers of personal media centers, smart phones and other multi-media devices on adoption of the CE-ATA interface. Hitachi plans to ship the Microdrive 3K8 with CE-ATA support this quarter.
CE-ATA was developed to facilitate the communication between small-form-factor hard drives and consumer electronic devices that increasingly require low-cost, high-capacity storage. The CE-ATA Consortium intends to accelerate the adoption of hard drives into portable CE devices by addressing CE-specific requirements such as low pin-count, low voltage, power efficiency, cost effectiveness and integration efficiency. The Hitachi Microdrive 3K8 is the first hard drive to realize this goal.
With video representing the next killer application for CE devices due to its need for high storage capacity, Hitachi has been in discussion with leading manufacturers of personal media centers, smart phones and other multi-media devices on adoption of the CE-ATA interface. Hitachi plans to ship the Microdrive 3K8 with CE-ATA support this quarter.
CE-ATA was developed to facilitate the communication between small-form-factor hard drives and consumer electronic devices that increasingly require low-cost, high-capacity storage. The CE-ATA Consortium intends to accelerate the adoption of hard drives into portable CE devices by addressing CE-specific requirements such as low pin-count, low voltage, power efficiency, cost effectiveness and integration efficiency. The Hitachi Microdrive 3K8 is the first hard drive to realize this goal.
