The new prototype applies Discrete Track Recording (DTR) technology to boost the areal density of perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) techniques by a full 50% -- that's 516Mb per square millimeter (333Gb per square inch).
Tosh plans on mass producing the 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch (laptop) drives in 2009 which means that a 240GB "iPod HD" can't be too far away, eh Apple?
Toshiba DTR technology offers 240GB 1.8' HDDs
Posted on Saturday, September 15 2007 @ 6:30 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck