Seagate sails past 15-million milestone in PMR shipments. seagate pmr. PMR shipments began in December with a 160 GB 2.5" drive for notebooks and have reached, according to the company, more than 16 million by the end of January 2007. According to the firm’s most recent quarter report, more than 10 million PMR drives were shipped in the Christmas quarter alone. While PMR drives accounted for about 25% of Seagate’s hard drive shipments in the fourth quarter of last year, the company is expected to use PMR technology in 75% of all hard drives leaving its production facilities by the end of this year. The company appeared to be virtually unchallenged in the PMR capacity race in 2006, but Seagate could see more competition in 2007....

Hitachi launches 160 GB perpendicular mobile hard drive. hitachi launches 160gb pmr hard drive. While it is still a young technology, PMR drives already are penetrating the market. Despite the fact that the 5K160 is Hitachi’s first commercial PMR drive, the company claims that the device uses the firm’s second generation read/write head for PMR hard drives - which the firm claims have been in field testing since December of 2004. As the competition, Hitachi intends to launch small form factor PMR hard drives first ; for example, a 1.8" PMR drive with "terrific power and performance characteristics" is expected to launch later this year. Of course, a PMR is only at the beginning of its life cycle and such high-capacity hard drives carry premium pricing....

Western Digital intros its first perpendicular hard drive. wd pmr drive. Western Digital (WD) has caught up with other hard drive manufacturers such as Seagate, Toshiba and Hitachi and is offering its first hard drive that uses perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR). The new 2.5" Scorpio drive stores up to 160 GB. Competitor Toshiba announced a reduced-size 1.8" PMR drive.. WD currently offers 2.5" hard drive capacities ranging from 40 GB to 160 GB. WD’s new 5400 rpm PMR drive apparently will be cheaper than competitive products. The new 4200 rpm drives hold 40 GB and 80 Gb and are about 10% "shorter" then the first PMR drive generation, the manufacturer said....

Toshiba claims it has won the race of bringing the first PMR harddrive to the market. PMR, short for perpendicular magnetic recording, is believed to increase the capacity of harddrives substantially: Toshiba's first PMR device is a single platter 1.8" model with a storage density of 133 Gbit per square inch.. Irvine (CA) - Toshiba claims it has won the race of bringing the first PMR harddrive to the market. PMR, short for perpendicular magnetic recording, is believed to increase the capacity of harddrives substantially : Toshiba’s first PMR device is a single platter 1.8" model with a storage density of 133 Gbit per square inch. Hitachi, for example, claims that it can lift storage density to 230 Gbit per square inch using PMR....

Perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) has been praised as the technology to take traditional hard drives into the next phase and as an opportunity to further push the limits of an architecture that is expected to hit a natural border at some point in time. With the first PMR drive generation out the door, Seagate today provided a clearer vision on the capability of the technology. Seagate’s largest drive today is a 750 GB 3.5" PMR drive, which is ample space for storing music and image. For the future, Seagate told TG Daily in an earlier interview, PMR may storage densities of up to 1 TB/inch2, which could translate into 5 TB hard drives - which would be in line with the estimate Hitachi mentioned in April of 2005. Related articles : Toshiba ships first harddrive with perpendicular recording tech Seagate announces 160 GB perpendicular notebook hard drive Fujitsu introduces 2.5" perpendicular hard drive Seagate introduces three-quarter terabyte Barracuda hard drive Hitachi sees 5 TByte harddrives and 60 GByte microdrives slide show : Perpendicular hard drives and PMR technology...

Samsung joins the perpendicular hard drive party. samsung pmr drives. Samsung today announced that it has begun offering 2.5" notebook hard drives that integrate perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology. The new "M80" series is available in SATA and PATA versions with capacities of 80 GB, 120 GB and 160 GB.. Samsung today announced that it has begun offering 2.5" notebook hard drives that integrate perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology. All other major hard drive manufacturers are offering PMR hard drives as well. Toshiba leads the capacity in the 2.5" segment with a 200 GB model, while Seagate currently sells 750 GB 3.5" desktop drives using PMR technology....

If you considered the impact of perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) on hard drives, as rather negligible so Fujitsu's announcement this morning may change your opinion: The company said it will begin shipping monstrous 250 GB and 300 GB notebook hard drives in the first quarter of 2007.. Sunnyvale (CA) - If you considered the impact of perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) on hard drives, as rather negligible so Fujitsu’s announcement this morning may change your opinion : The company said it will begin shipping monstrous 250 GB and 300 GB notebook hard drives in the first quarter of 2007. PMR has been around for more than a year, but the actual products resulting from this technology can easily be considered to lag behind initial projections of the major hard drive manufacturers. The company claims that this second generation PMR drive uses less power (1.6 watt) than any other PMR notebook drive available today, though this feature can be attributed at least partially to the low platter rotations peed of 4200 rpm....

The adoption of hard drives using perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology has been slow so far, according to a report released by iSuppli, but will quickly increase in the fourth quarter and throughout 2007.. El Segundo (CA) - The adoption of hard drives using perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology has been slow so far, according to a report released by iSuppli, but will quickly increase in the fourth quarter and throughout 2007. According to iSuppli, said that the market share of PMR drives will begin to climb faster in Q4 2006, with Seagate dominating the transition : The manufacturer was estimated to have shipped about 10% of its hard drives as PMR models (3.9 million out of 39.1 million) in Q3 and will improve this share to about 50% in the current quarter. 75% of Seagate’s drives will be perpendicular in 2007,......

Lake Forest (CA) - Western Digital (WD) is catching up in the PMR race: Following the introduction of a 250 GB 2.5" drive last month, the company has begun offering a 750 GB version of its Caviar SE16 3.5" drive. Lake Forest (CA) - Western Digital (WD) is catching up in the PMR race : Following the introduction of a 250 GB 2.5" drive last month, the company has begun offering a 750 GB version of its Caviar SE16 3.5" drive. However, WD is finally catching up in the perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) hard drive race and is offering its first PMR desktop drive with a 3 Gb SATA interface, 16 MB cache and a proprietary power saving technology right from the start....