SDK's new 1TB media adopted by Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corp for the MQ04ABF100 HDD.
TOKYO (JCN Newswire) -
Showa Denko KK (SDK, TSE:4004) began shipments this month of 2.5-inch hard disk (HD) media with storage capacity of 1 terabyte (TB) per disk, the highest capacity for this size on the market today.
SDK's 2.5-inch 1 TB HD media have been adopted by Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (TDSC) MQ04ABF100 HDD for client storage applications.
SDK uses ninth-generation perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology for this application, having become the world's first manufacturer of PMR-technology-based HD media In 2005.
SDK is the world's largest independent HD media supplier with a market share of 25%. The company regularly launches highest-level-capacity HD media, the key component which influences HDD storage capacity.
SDK will continue to strengthen its HD media business in accordance with its "Best in Class" motto.
