Hitachi pave the way for 4TB and 5TB drives in 2011
 

Storage maker Hitachi has launched a new series of mobile 2.5" harddrives named Travelstar Z5K that also opens up new possibilities for 3.5" models. Through the fifth generation perpendicular recording technology it has managed to reach a storage density of 636Gb/squareinch, which makes it possible to reach 5TB at 3.5".

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