Fujitsu today announced the MHX2300BT series of mobile hard disk drives featuring impressive storage capacities of 250GB and 300GB, making them the first 2.5″ PMR hard disk drives in the industry to attain these high levels of capacity. PMR, or perpendicular magnetic recording technology, is essential to Fujitsu achieving the increased capacity per platter. PMR technology places the data bits standing on end so that more data can fit onto a disc, allowing for greater storage capacity while reducing corruption factor.
300GB! It wasn’t long ago that Toshiba announced their 200GB drive and here Fujtsu comes along and offers something with 50% more space. The drive retains a 4200RPM speed despite being so large in density. How much further can we push storage in these small frames?