As early as last August, Japan, TDK on the disclosure of a 3.5-inch single platter 500GB, 2.5-inch single platter 250GB storage technology, recently released a roadmap for the publication of the additional information.
3.5-inch desktop hard drive, now the largest single platter capacity of 500GB, while TDK's 640GB per-platter disc already in the OEM manufacturers in verifying the testing phase, is expected to begin volume production in March of this year, when the hard disk manufacturers can introduce the four-disc, with a total capacity of 2.56 TB's new hard drive, and even use the five-disc to 3.2TB.
Some analysts have pointed out, TDK originally planned in May this year, a comprehensive change to a single platter 640GB, but under the current road map has been postponed to the end of October, nearly six months later.
2.5-inch mobile / notebook hard drive, it is now already some manufacturers have introduced a single platter 333GB product, while TDK's next go far not much, just upgraded to 375GB per platter only, conversion increased by only 13% down, compared to TDK's own generation is only 320GB per platter more than 17%.
In accordance with the road map, TDK's 375GB per-platter 2.5-inch disc has long certification testing, should now be put into mass production, and this month will have at least one vendor has released a 2.5-inch double-platter 750GB hard drives installed, until the end of September all OEM manufacturer TDK will be adopted.