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1. Seagate boosts hard drive storage capacity to 1.5 TB

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 10 July 2008

   ... options of 32 MB and 16 MB. The big increase in storage density has been made possible through perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology, which was first introduced in Seagate’s 2.5” 160 GB drives ...

2. IDC predicts 3 TB hard drives by 2012

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   Monday, 02 June 2008

   ... sue perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to build on this advantage. He expects capacities to triple by 2012, which would mean that 1.8” drives could hit about 500 GB by that time, 2.5” drives ...

3. Western Digital's disk maker reports a loss for Q2

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 06 August 2007

   ... selling prices were the main reason for the decline in revenues, but Komag also noted that a high cost of the initial ramp of perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) products had a negative impact on the ...

4. WD ships 750 GB desktop hard drive

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 04 June 2007

   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. ...

5. Seagate sails past 15-million milestone in PMR shipments

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 05 February 2007

   Seagate claims to be the first hard drive manufacturer to have shipped more than 15 million hard drives that are using perpendicular magnetic recording technology (PMR). Scotts Valley (CA) - Seagate claims ...

6. Fujitsu paves way to 5 TB hard drives

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Thursday, 18 January 2007

   ... "superparamagnetic" limit for the recently introduced perpendicular magnetic recording technology (PMR). The current storage density record is held by Seagate, which claimed in September of last ...

7. Seagate introduces 15K rpm 2.5" hard drive

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 16 January 2007

   ... technology (PMR), but while the 10K version is available with 73 and 146 GB, the higher platter rpm speed of the 15K drive limits the drive's capacity to 36 and 73 GB. Compared to the 3.5" Cheetah ...

8. CES 2007: Toshiba to debut external USB hard drive

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Thursday, 04 January 2007

   ... at 2.5 inches. With perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) and smaller hard drives making waves in 2006, personal storage will be a hot issue this year. "In 2006, more hard disk drive terabytes shipped ...

9. Perpendicular hard drives at 5% market share

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 14 December 2006

   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 ...

10. Fujitsu announces 300 GB notebook hard drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 11 December 2006

    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 ...

11. Toshiba intros 1.8" 100 GB hard drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 05 December 2006

    ... video iPod. In addition to the increased capacity, the MK1011GAH is physically 10% smaller than first-generation 1.8" drives, according to Toshiba. "We are enhancing the capabilities of PMR [perpendicular ...

12. Samsung joins the perpendicular hard drive party

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 14 November 2006

    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 ...

13. Toshiba sells one million perpendicular hard drives

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 02 October 2006

    Toshiba today said that it has shipped more than one million perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) HDDs since June 2005, more than 40 million Ipod-sized 1.8" hard disk drives over the past six years ...

14. Seagate envisions 2.5 TB desktop hard drives for 2009

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 15 September 2006

    ... while desktop computers will be able to store up to 2.5 TB on one drive. Extra: PMR Image Gallery Scotts Valley (CA) - Seagate today provided an updated outlook on the future of the hard drive. The ...

15. Western Digital intros its first perpendicular hard drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 13 September 2006

    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 ...

16. Fujitsu introduces 2.5" perpendicular hard drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 30 August 2006

      Fujitsu on August 30 announced its new MHW2 BH series of hard disk drives (HDDs) for mobile PCs, its first 2.5" HDD offerings to incorporate advanced perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology ...

17. 200 GB notebook hard drives to enter volume production in Q3

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 22 June 2006

    ... a capability to produce such devices. The 2.5" platters will be using perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to achieve a density of 178 Gb/square inch. Showa Denko's customer includes hard ...

18. Seagate to offer hybrid hard drives for Vista notebooks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 07 June 2006

    ... magnetic recording technology - short PMR - is shaking up the industry. Not too long ago, it was little more than science-fiction, but the technology has turned out to be a force that reignited the competition ...

19. Toshiba fires up 200 GB perpendicular notebook hard drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 05 June 2006

    ... - 34% more than the 160 GB generation. There is more! See all Computex 2006 stories! Perpendicular magnetic recording technology, short PMR, is injecting a whole new set of competitive dynamics into the ...

20. Hitachi launches 160 GB perpendicular mobile hard drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 14 May 2006

    Following Toshiba and Seagate, Hitachi today announced its first perpendicular magnetic recording technology (PMR) hard disk. The drive offers 160 GB in a 2.5" form factor and promises at least as much ...

21. Maxtor shows low-cost perpendicular recording process

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 14 October 2003

    ... which uses Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR), can achieve areal densities equivalent to 175G Bytes per platter compared with the current standard of 80G Bytes per platter produced by Longitudinal ...