Hitachi promises to throw its first 5TB hdd to the market in 2010. the HDD will use Hitachi own technology called current perpendicular-to-the-plane giant magnetoresistance (CPP-GMR).
As for what can be stored on such disks, Hitachi’s Yoshihiro Shiroishi explains, “By 2010, just two disks will suffice to provide the same storage capacity as the human brain.”
