Seagate Technology was the first and only company to release a 750GB hard disk drive. Deciding to stay ahead of the competition, Seagate plans to be the first to release a 3.5-inch 1TB hard disk drive to the market. Such a feat can only be achieved with perpendicular recording: a technology where the bits are positioned perpendicularly and closer together on the magnetic platter. Performance should also be improved; fewer platters and heads will be used. Perpendicular recording technology increases drive reliability while reducing operating temperatures, power consumption, noise and weight. The 1TB Barracuda from Seagate is supposed to hit the market sometime in the first half of 2007. Until then, your “video collection” will have to be split into 2 x 500GB.

Source: DailyTech via MSFN