15 August 2006
1 Terrabyte hard drives expected this year
Later this year the 1 TB (terabyte) hard drive will probably be a reality.
I would ask what a person would need that much storage space for, but not that long ago I was thinking I would have difficulty in filling a 10 GB hard drive. That was full in less than two years. Currently with the creation of High Definition video, we have one way of filling such a drive.
Retail prices for hard drives are about 50 cents per GB of storage space so a TB drive should debut at around $500 unless the technology becomes cheaper to make.
This year is also marking the 50th birthday of the hard drive on September 13. In 50 years the hard drives have gone from a 24 inch wide monster weighing in at a ton to something that will fit in your hand and holds several GB's
I would ask what a person would need that much storage space for, but not that long ago I was thinking I would have difficulty in filling a 10 GB hard drive. That was full in less than two years. Currently with the creation of High Definition video, we have one way of filling such a drive.
Retail prices for hard drives are about 50 cents per GB of storage space so a TB drive should debut at around $500 unless the technology becomes cheaper to make.
This year is also marking the 50th birthday of the hard drive on September 13. In 50 years the hard drives have gone from a 24 inch wide monster weighing in at a ton to something that will fit in your hand and holds several GB's
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