Posted 08/08/09 at 02:42:09 PM by Justin Kerr

It’s been a long time since TDK had bragging rights in the storage wars, but a new breakthrough promises to put them back on top. According to the companies recently released roadmap, a 3.5 inch 2.5TB drive design is currently being tested which will feature a new 640GB platter. This would allow TDK to leapfrog Seagate, Hitachi and even Western Digital who are still working with 500GB platters.

Mass production is currently planned for November of this year and will most likely result in drives hitting the street on or around late January or early February 2010. TDK is also investing heavily in the production and testing of a new 320GB platter for 2.5 inch drives which will result in low power, high performance 640GB notebook drives around the same period next year.

Sure this is a far cry from the 5TB Hitachi was promising for 2010, but TDK can still be king for a day right?

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Posted 01/14/09 at 07:33:47 PM by The Maximum PC Staff

In the PDF archive of the December 2008 issue you can find:

• 2009 Technology Preview!
• Netbook Roundup
• Learn GIMP secrets
• Awesome Product Reviews, including ATI's Radeon 4870 X2
• Ask the Doctor
• Rig of the Month
• The Watchdog
• And a whole lot more!

Click the big giant cover image to the right to download the PDF aarchive today!

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