{"id":552231,"date":"2007-05-09T15:49:41","date_gmt":"2007-05-09T15:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/552231-hard-disk-market-driven-by-consumer-electronics.html"},"modified":"2007-05-09T15:49:41","modified_gmt":"2007-05-09T15:49:41","slug":"hard-disk-market-driven-by-consumer-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/552231-hard-disk-market-driven-by-consumer-electronics.html","title":{"rendered":"Hard disk market driven by consumer electronics"},"content":{"rendered":"

"While the demand for traditional hard disk designs such as those used in conventional servers, desktop PCs and notebook computers is still strong, very little innovation is taking place on this front," says Mark Campbell, MD of Storgate Africa.<\/font><\/p>\n

"This is not the case in the consumer electronics space, where drive manufacturers such as Seagate are starting to design hard disks for the sole purpose of specific consumer applications, such as media storage, playback and recording, as well as personal backup and information archival," Campbell adds.<\/font><\/p>\n

Examples of how this trend is manifesting itself today can be found most notably in the increase of storage capacities in a host of ‘ever-growing’ form factors. <\/font><\/p>\n

"CompactFlash-sized hard disks are today boasting capacities of up to 12GB and 2,5" drives for the sole purpose of recording digital footage such as television programmes (inside personal video recorders) sporting between 80GB and 500GB in capacity.<\/font><\/p>\n

"Then there is the digital music player revolution," he continues. "Most MP3 players make use of a combination of technologies coupled with whichever technology suits the player’s form factor. Some music players with capacities as high as 160GB were restricted to using a 2,5" hard disk, however, these capacities will soon be available in a 1,8" form factor."<\/font><\/p>\n

Campbell says that all of the markets he has mentioned so far are the most logical places for storage to play today. <\/font><\/p>\n

"Yet who would have thought that hard disks would play a strong role in the automotive market? As it turns out though, there’s a strong need for hard disks in this space," he says.<\/font><\/p>\n

The list of possibilities is endless. Hard disk storage solutions are all around us, even in some places we would not expect, he adds.<\/font><\/p>\n

"I believe in the next five years, consumer electronics focused hard disks will comprise more than 60% of the market and that every household will have a minimum of eight hard drives, not counting those inside desktop computers or notebooks," he adds.<\/font><\/p>\n

"We should therefore all fasten our seatbelts and keep our eyes open \u2013 it is going to be an exciting and enlightening journey," he concludes.<\/font><\/p>\n

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