Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announced the new Ultrastar 15K600 and Ultrastar C15K147 enterprise-class hard drives. Both models feature 15,000RPM …

Hitachi announced two new CinemaStar 3.5-inch hard drives, the 1TB 7K1000.C and the 1TB 5K1000 , both based on 500GB per-platter technology and offer …

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has announced the Travelstar 7K500, its fifth-generation, 7200 RPM mobile hard disk drive which is design for notebook, gaming system and professional external …

Hitachi announced the new Deskstar 7K2000 that is the world’ first 2TB 7200RPM 3.5-inch hard disk drive. The new 7K2000 has …

Hitachi announced two lines of USB 2.0 external hard drives, the SimpleTOUGH and the SimpleDRIVE. The SimpleTOUGH is a rugged external hard drive that is water- and shock-resistant. It can sustain a three meter drop (9.8 feet) and able to withstand the pressure of a one-ton class commercial truck. Based on Hitachi’s TravelStar hard drives, the SimpleTOUGH is available in 250GB ($99.99), 320GB ($119.99) and 500GB ($149.99) capacities.

Hitachi ships the new 10K RPM Ultrastar C10K300 power-efficinet enterprise hard drive. Available in 147GB and 300GB capacities, the 2.5-inch Ultrastar C10K300 has a dual-port 6Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface offering up to 6Gb/s data throughput.

The eco-friendly Ultrastar C10K300 has …

Hitachi announced the CinemaStar C5K500 series 2.5-inch eco-friendly hard drives. The 2.5-inch CinemaStar C5K500 has capacities ranging from 160GB to 500GB. It offers 5400RPM spin speed. Designed for digital video and surveillance applications, the CinemaStar …

Hitachi has announced the world’s first Terabyte(TB) hard drive, the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000. The Deskstar 7K1000 has a capacity of 1TB. The Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 wil be available to consumer in the first quarter this year with a suggested retail price of $399 (USD). The Deskstat 7K1000 connects through the SATA 3.0Gb/s and PATA-133 interfaces.

Other than the Deskstar 7K1000, Hitachi shows us also the CinemaStar 7K1000 which is also a hard drive with 1TB of capacity. It has “optimized capabilities specifically designed for digital video recording (DVR) applications.” It will features:
* Adaptive error recovery and SMART command transport for optimized video streaming and picture quality
* Smooth Stream Technology to optimize the drive for audio/video applications requiring reliable storage
* “Bedroom quiet” acoustics

the Hitachi CinemaStar 7K1000 hard drive will be available in the second quarter.