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History (1995-2006): All One-Inch HDDs

Total of 24, but all of them disappear

Here are all the tiny one-inch HDDs launched, the first one in 1995 and the last one in 2006.

Manufacturer Date of announcement Model Capacity (MB) Access time (ms) Announced production Comments
Cornice 2003 Personal Storage 1,500 NA 2Q2003 $100, to be embedded only in portable devices
  01/2005 Storage Element 3,000 NA 01/2005 $65 for Q50,000 order, 1 disk, 1 head
  07/2005 4GB Storage Element 4,000 NA 06/2005 $65 for 10,000, 4,440rpm, 1 disk, 1 head
  01/2006 Dragon 8,000-10,000 NA 1Q2006 $85 Q10,000, 1/2, 40x30x3.5mm, also in CompactFlash, 1 disk, 2 heads
Halo Data Devices 1999 MicroDrive 265 14 4Q2001 CompactFlash I, 1.1, 4,500rpm, 750G, $299
HGST 08/2003 Microdrive 3K4-4 2,000- 4,000 12 11/2003 $499, 3,600rpm, CompactFlash II, 1 disk, 1 and 2 heads
  01/2005 Microdrive Mikey 8,000-10,000 NA 2H2005 14grams, 40x30x5mm
  02/2005 3K6 6,000 12 02/2005 CompactFlash II, ATA, 5mm, 3,600rpm, 1 disk, 2 heads
  09/2005 3K8 6,000-8,000 12 10/2005 5mm high, 3,600rpm, ATA/CE/MMC
IBM 11/1995   100 NA NA Techno. demonstration
  11/1997 Microfile 200 NA NA Techno demonstration 5,400rpm
  09/1998 MicroDrive 170-340 15 Mid-1999 CompactFlash II, 5mm high, 4,500rpm
  06/2000 DSCM-10512 512 12 09/2000 CompactFlash II, $399
  06/2000 DSCM-11000 1,000 12 09/2000 CompactFlash II, $499, 3,600rpm
GS Magicstor (RioSpring) 2003 MagicStor 2,400 NA 05/2003 $230-$250, CompactFlash II
  2003 1040 40,000 10 NA 4,200rpm, CompactFlash II, ATA
  01/2005   60,000 NA NA 4,200rpm
Ritek (Microstor) 01/2001 CompactStor 550-1,100 11 08/2001 CompactFlash, 4,500rpm,   1 disk, 2 heads
Seagate 06/2004 ST1 2,500-5,000 NA 3Q2004 CompactFlash, ATA flex,1 disk, 1 and 2 heads
  02/2005 ST1+ 6,000 NA 12/2004 CompactFlash, ATA, 5mm high, 3,600rpm, 1 disk, 2 heads
  06/2005 ST1..2 4,000-8,000 NA 06/2005 3,600rpm, 1 disk, 1 and 2 heads
  02/2006 ST1.3 12,000 20/22 3Q2006 3,600rpms, CFII/ZIF, 5mm high, 1 disk, 2 heads
Thin Spin 1996   95 5 NA PCMCIA I, 3.3mm high, 1.1-inch form factor
Western Digital 01/2005 6GB 60,000 12 2Q2005 CompactFlash II, 3,600rpm, 5mm high, 1 disk, 2 heads
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