Hitachi Hard Drive Chosen for New Portable Media Center Devices; Hitachi 1.8-Inch Drive is De Facto Storage Standard for Microsoft-Led Consumer Device Platform.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2004 Hitachi Global Storage Technologies' 1.8-inch hard disk drive, the Travelstar C4K C4K College for Kids 40, has been identified by Microsoft as a compatible hard disk drive component for the Portable Media Center platform. Spearheaded by Microsoft, the Portable Media Centers are new handheld electronic devices that let consumers take their video, music and pictures with them to enjoy where and when they want. With Hitachi's high-capacity hard disk storage, people using Portable Media Centers can watch up to 175 hours of video including recorded television, store 100,000 photos -- enough to chronicle a lifetime -- or listen to a library of 10,000 songs. The PMC (1) See Portable Media Center. (2) (PCI Mezzanine Card) A PCI-based mezzanine card that is widely adapted to VMEbus, CompactPCI and PCI cards. platform is based on the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. CE and the Intel Portable Media Player reference hardware design. "We believe the growth of portable media devices, in large part, is governed by how easily people can take their digital media with them and by the availability of affordable, reliable storage in compact form," said Scott Horn, director of marketing, Microsoft Embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. Devices Group. "The Portable Media Center allows people to easily and quickly transfer video, music and pictures from their PC; Hitachi's drive combines extremely small size and large capacity to make it the clear solution for storing this digital entertainment." "Intel(R) XScale(R) technology has been selected to help power the PMC platform based on its high performance and low power consumption features," said Peter Green, general manager, Intel Extended Computing Division. "The Intel XScale technology-based processor combined with Hitachi's hard drive will help to enable a hardware solution that provides high data throughput and a rich listening and viewing experience for the end user." Currently being reviewed by several manufacturers of Portable Media Center devices, the C4K40 was selected for meeting platform criteria of a small footprint, high capacity, ease of integration, reliability and performance. These attributes come together to support Microsoft's OOBE (Out Of Box Experience) The experience of setting up and using a new computer or software package. positioning for the Portable Media Center platform: optimum out-of-the-box experience. The following prototype Portable Media Center devices with 20 gigabyte* versions of the Travelstar C4K40 are being demoed for the first time at CES this week: -- Creative Labs Zen Portable Media Center -- Sanyo will display its PMC prototype at the Microsoft CES booth; commercialization plans to be determined. "The Portable Media Center is an elegant platform on which to showcase the appeal of Hitachi's 1.8-inch drive; we believe this is a union that will truly bring the benefits of on-demand digital entertainment to consumers," said Bill Healy, senior vice president, consumer and commercial HDDs, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. Summary Hitachi purchased IBM's hard disk drive division, integrated their own HDD operations, and launched the company in 2003. . "In designing small form factor hard drives, we envisioned the strongest application to be in the consumer electronics space. The new Portable Media Center devices bring us one step further to our vision for widespread implementation of hard disk storage in consumer devices." Hitachi's 1.8-inch Travelstar drive is based on an industry-standard form factor and shares a common interface connector with standard 2.5-inch hard drives. About the Travelstar C4K40 Technical Specifications Travelstar C4K40 20/40 GB capacity 70 mm (wide) x 60mm (depth) footprint 1-platter -- 7mm height, 47 grams weight 2-platter - 9.5mm height, 62 grams weight 4,200 rpm 67 gigabits per square inch 1/2 glass disk platter(s) 2/4 GMR (Giant Magnetoresistance) See magnetoresistance. recording heads 300G/2ms operating shock 1,000-1,200G/1ms non-operating shock 1.8-2 Bels acoustic noise Acoustic noise Unwanted sound. Noise control is the process of obtaining an acceptable noise environment for people in different situations. Understanding noise and its control requires a knowledge of the major sources of noise, sound propagation, human at idle ATA-5 (ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment 100) pin compatible 29.9 MB/s data transfer rate 7.1ms latency time About Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Hitachi Global Storage Technologies was founded in 2003 as a result of the strategic combination of Hitachi's and IBM's storage technology businesses. The company's vision is to enable users to fully engage in the digital lifestyle by providing access to large amounts of storage capacity in formats suitable for the office, on the road and in the home. The company offers customers worldwide a comprehensive range of storage products for desktop computers, high-performance servers and mobile devices. For more information on Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.hgst.com. About Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HIT), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company, with approximately 340,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2002 (ended March 31, 2003) consolidated sales totaled 8,191.7 billion yen ($68.3 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors, including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.hitachi.com. About Windows Mobile The Windows platform from Microsoft for handheld devices, including PDAs, cellphones and Portable Media Centers. See Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone and Portable Media Center. Software for Portable Media Centers Windows Mobile software for Portable Media Centers (insert URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. here) is the platform that will power the next generation of portable digital media entertainment devices. As part of the Windows Mobile-based device family, Portable Media Centers make it easy for people on the go to enjoy their Windows(R) XP digital videos, home movies, recorded television shows, photos, music and album art. Expected to be available in 2004 from Creative, iRiver International, Sanyo, Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (SEC, Hangul:삼성전자; KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is a South Korean multinational corporation and the world's largest and leading electronics and information technology company. Co. Ltd. and ViewSonic Corp., a 40 GB device can hold up to 175 hours of video, 10,000 songs and as many as 100,000 pictures -- enough to chronicle a lifetime. About Microsoft Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software -- any time, any place and on any device. * 1 gigabyte = 1 billion bytes |
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