Friday, May 31, 2013
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Tablet typically uses NAND Flash memory chips as the storage medium rather than HDD. The reason is simple, because the HDD size is too big for a tablet. Other options, tablet manufacturers sometimes use SSD.
Now Western Digital (WD) is developing a small-sized HDD possible so that it can be pinned on a tablet. From the WD HDD will have a thickness of only 5 mm and a capacity of 500GB.
HDD with a thickness of 5 millimeters is not the first time it was introduced by WD. But this being the first time the use of the HDD 5 millimeters for tablet devices. Even WD also ready to show off the tablet at the Computex 2013 in Taiwan.
Furthermore, the HDD will be formed measuring 2.5 inches. 2.5-inch size for a tablet of course is quite large, and this will impact on the space required for the batteries. In the end, the battery capacity will be reduced.
Now Western Digital (WD) is developing a small-sized HDD possible so that it can be pinned on a tablet. From the WD HDD will have a thickness of only 5 mm and a capacity of 500GB.
HDD with a thickness of 5 millimeters is not the first time it was introduced by WD. But this being the first time the use of the HDD 5 millimeters for tablet devices. Even WD also ready to show off the tablet at the Computex 2013 in Taiwan.
Furthermore, the HDD will be formed measuring 2.5 inches. 2.5-inch size for a tablet of course is quite large, and this will impact on the space required for the batteries. In the end, the battery capacity will be reduced.
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