Hitachi Announces World's First 4 TB Hard Drives
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Oct 23, 2024
Oct 23, 2024
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Here's a good news among the comparatively duller hard drive shortage news that have been doing the rounds since the Thailand floods, Hitachi is coming with world's first 4 TB hard drives. Due to the Thailand floods, a shortage of hard drives was encountered, with 3 TB hard drives being the only ones in abundance. Hitachi has raised the upper limit to 4TB with the announcements of not one, but two variants of the same.
The new 4 TB hard drives are named Deskstar 5K4000 and Touro Desk External Drive. The 5K4000 is the 3.5-inch internal version, which would be used in laptops, CPUs as internal memory storage. The Deskstar comes with a 32MB cache and uses CoolSpin technology to save power.
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The Touro is Deskstar's twin in terms of design, only Touro functions as an external hard drive. It comes with a USB 3.0 connection and the drive ships in a black, textured case. Hitachi also boasts of an additional 3GB of cloud storage accessible through HitachiBackup.com.
A fully functional fast 3TB drive in the market now costs roundabout $300-$350. The 5K4000 is priced at $399.99. The Touro Desk is slightly more at $419.99. These prices are bound to slide when giants like Seagate, Samsung and Western Digital make a comeback in the hard drive market, giving a tough competition to Hitachi. But as of now, when there is a dearth of hard drives, Hitachi might just have hit the right note.
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The new 4 TB hard drives are named Deskstar 5K4000 and Touro Desk External Drive. The 5K4000 is the 3.5-inch internal version, which would be used in laptops, CPUs as internal memory storage. The Deskstar comes with a 32MB cache and uses CoolSpin technology to save power.
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The Touro is Deskstar's twin in terms of design, only Touro functions as an external hard drive. It comes with a USB 3.0 connection and the drive ships in a black, textured case. Hitachi also boasts of an additional 3GB of cloud storage accessible through HitachiBackup.com.
A fully functional fast 3TB drive in the market now costs roundabout $300-$350. The 5K4000 is priced at $399.99. The Touro Desk is slightly more at $419.99. These prices are bound to slide when giants like Seagate, Samsung and Western Digital make a comeback in the hard drive market, giving a tough competition to Hitachi. But as of now, when there is a dearth of hard drives, Hitachi might just have hit the right note.
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