SDK ships 3.5-inch 500GB HD Media
Finally, SDK’s 500GB disks are out. Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) of Japan recently announced that it has started commercial shipments of 3.5-inch hard disk media with storage capacity of 500 gigabytes per disk, using the fourth-generation perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology. According to the firm, its new 3.5-inch HD media have the world’s highest storage capacity for this size available on the market today. The new high capacity storage media can be used to store high-definition TV programs as well as HD quality movies. No word on pricing.
