Western Digital 6GB one-inch hard drive
By Dan Wu 
posted Jan 21st 2005 9:44AM
posted Jan 21st 2005 9:44AM
Western Digital is joining the growing list
of hard disk manufacturers making mini one-inch hard drives. The WD drives will have that Compact Flash
form-factor and come in capacities as large as 6GB, use low power consumption, spin at 3600 rpm with a 12ms
access time. The first ones set for release in the second quarter of 2005, expect to see them in plenty of MP3 players
(and lots of other mobile gadgets) before the end of the year.
damn i cant wait for digital camcorders to use these, preferebly sony cyber shots
i bet these will cost as much as most cameras
Camcorders would be cool with this, yes. But the company I want to adopt these is Pa1mOne.
I want my Treo/iPod to be one.
If they can make a 6 gb 1" drive, why doesn't someone take a chance and make a 1/2" 3 gig drive? That way, I can have an mp3 player that's as small as a 1gig flash unit in the same form factor. Just dreaming, I suppose.
just how many mp3 players out there use compact flash? for digital camera is more on the right track, but then again, will the battery lift take a big hit. normally, hard drive will consume more power than flash memory because the moving parts.
How many MP3 Players use compact flash?? How about every iPod mini and Rio Carbon.
How much for the WD 6GB drive.
...and you're not. Neither the iPod Mini, nor the Rio Carbon use Compact Flash memory cards. WTF are you talking about? Both use hard drives for storage. You are truly a moron.
I'm sorry I missed this guys post and my chance to reply in earnest to defend my honor. I love it when the Internet yields the perfect tutorial on what an ass other people can be for not understanding gadgets who pretend to be smart.... Compact Flash type II cards are hard drives you moron. You stand corrected.
http://www.steves-digicams.com/microdrive.html
Scroll to the botton and you will clearly see a Type II compact flash drive being removed from a Rio Carbon. Oh, and a 4gb CF card can be found in the iPod.
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Andy
flash memory and hard drive plate are two different terms and technology. i go with "i am smarta" and supporting the motion that andy is a big "moron"
just because the 4GB hard drive are small enough to be enclose in a case, it does't make it a flash memory.
here is some thing to help you, andy,
http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=flashmemory
do you say "hard drive plate" mentioned with CF?
here is the sandisk site, the inventor of the CF.
http://www.sandisk.com/industrial/cf-specs.asp
andy, do you see plate size and rpm mentioned?
now i have to quote you, "I'm sorry I missed this guys post and my chance to reply in earnest to defend my honor. I love it when the Internet yields the perfect tutorial on what an ass other people can be for not understanding gadgets who pretend to be smart.... "
Compact Flash type II cards are NOT hard drives you moron.
I'm so glad that you're still following this thread. As more evidence of your folly, your techweb link doesn't even work. Loser! And furthermore, your original question asked specifically how many devices use compact flash. I answered with a clear undeniable fact that clearly exposed your ignorance. Yet another link to prove you're ill informed on many levels:
http://www.compactflash.org/faqs/faq.htm#What_is
In case you follow links like you post them, I'll give you a quote:
"The only difference between CompactFlash (CF) Type I and CF Type II cards is the card thickness…
….. CompactFlash cards are designed with flash technology, a nonvolatile storage solution that does not require a battery to retain data indefinitely.."
Here is another link:
http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=ignorant&x=0&y=0
So yet again, you stand corrected.
I can't wait for you to read this entry.
Andy
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PS: I'm going with "I'm smart" and "Kevin" are both the same idiot. If not, than now consider yourself corrected.
you stupid, you just make extract what other people are trying to say. there is the reason why CF are call flash memory, not mini hard drives.
CF and 1" hard drive are different. you don't even read your own link.
Wow, lack of basic intelligence here.
> If they can make a 6 gb 1" drive, why doesn't someone take a chance and make a 1/2" 3 gig drive?
First of all, it's hardly that easy to just shrink electronics--there is a lot of fixed area for basic components involved. Second of all, do some basic math. Even if hard disk capacity were to scale linearly, a 1/2 inch hard drive would have at most 1/4 the area of a 1 inch drive, since pi*(.5)^2 = .25pi and pi*1^2=pi.
> CF and 1" hard drive are different
No, they are not. These drives are HARD DRIVES in COMPACTFLASH TYPE II form factor. In other words, these drives (at least the Hitachi one used in the iPod mini, the Seagate one used in the Rio Carbon, and the WD one profiled here) are all BOTH hard drives and CF cards. Obviously all CF cards are not flash memory cards, unless you think all of those CF modems and wifi cards are also flash memory. The mini and the nitrus both use mini hard drives in the CF format for storage, which is why people were ripping them up to get the CF card inside and use the mini hard drive with their digital camera.
Hard drives/flash memory is one distinction--they describe how data is stored. Compactflash/SD/etc. are simply form factors. The most popular use of these form factors happens to be for flash memory, but that sure as hell does not mean CF/SD/etc. form factors are used ONLY for flash memory. There are plenty of wifi/modem/hard drive CF cards as well that are certainly NOT flash memory cards.
Thanks Simms. I don't know why this other guy feels so compelled to pop off like a jerk. He specifically asked.....
"just how many mp3 players out there use compact flash?"
I guess he doesn't like to be proven wrong.
Andy
Ok, so let's all be idiots and argue about stuff that doesn't matter!