Tiny Hard drives make a comeback
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on June 3, 2003 at 5:28:17 PM
Amazing stuff coming out. A new type of mini Hard Drive is coming out, with a capacity of 1.5GB, and less than an inch sqrd foot print. Microdrive move over, this one costs 4 times less and is build on the device (Only drawback).
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The Cornice drive is essentially a minimalist hard drive that has been shorn of any materials not needed for portable electronics. The drive, for instance, doesn't have its own internal, dedicated pool of memory; instead, it uses the memory shared by the rest of the device to cache data. The SE doesn't have rails, so it can't be removed from the host device; by contrast, the drive is planted on the motherboard, and transfers of files are accomplished through USB (universal serial bus) ports.