Showa Denko Starts Shipment of 3.5-Inch 1.5 TB HD Media, Best in Class
20 Décembre 2017 - 5:30AM
JCN Newswire (English)
Showa Denko ("SDK"; TSE:4004) has started this month shipment of
3.5-inch hard disk (HD) media for storage capacity of 1.5-1.8
terabyte (TB) per platter, which feature the world's highest
storage capacity for this size available on the market today.
SDK's 3.5-inch 1.5-1.8 TB HD media have been adopted into Toshiba
Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation's hard disk drive
(HDD) for near-line storage, "MG07ACA Series," which is the world's
first HDD to achieve total storage capacity of 14 TB with
Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR). SDK has started supplying
its 3.5-inch HD media for this application, using the
ninth-generation perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology.
In 2005, SDK became the world's first to manufacture and sell
PMR-technology-based HD media.
HDDs are widely used for recording digital data, and their shipment
volumes for use in data centers have been increasing in recent
years, reflecting exponential growth in generated data in line with
the progress of cloud computing. HD media are key components of
HDDs, significantly influencing their storage capacity, and SDK has
been speedily launching highest-level-capacity HD media. As the
world's largest independent HD media supplier, SDK will continue to
contribute to the expansion of storage capacities of HDDs in
accordance with the company's motto of "Best in Class."
Press release:
http://www.sdk.co.jp/english/news/2017/26894.html
About Showa Denko K.K.
Showa Denko K.K. ("SDK"; TSE:4004, US:SHWDF) is a major
manufacturer and marketer of chemical products serving a wide range
of fields ranging from heavy industry to the electronic and
computer industries. The Petrochemicals Sector provides cracker
products such as ethylene and propylene, the Chemicals Sector
provides industrial and high-performance gases and chemicals and
high-purity gases and chemicals for the semiconductor industry, and
the Inorganics Sector provides ceramics products such as alumina,
abrasive, refractory and graphite electrodes and fine carbon
products. Today, the Aluminum Sector provides aluminum materials
and high-value-added fabricated aluminum, the Electronics Sector
provides HD media, compound semiconductors such as ultra
high-bright LEDs and rare earth magnetic alloys, and the Advanced
Battery Materials Department (ABM) provides lithium-ion battery
components. For more information, please visit
www.sdk.co.jp/english/.
Source: Showa Denko K.K.
Contact:
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Phone: 81-3-5470-3235
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