| Atsushi Saito | HDD Laboratory, |
| Hiroshi Nishida | Auto/iVDR Business Management, |
In recent years, HDDs have not only spread in the field of IT but also in the field of CE, namely, information devices. Hand-in-hand with a rapid increase in recording density has been the appearance of manufactured products with various "form factors"(i.e. size and format), and practical HDD applications ranging from stationary devices (like HDD recorders) to mobile devices are growing. At Hitachi, based on its advanced, high-recording-density technologies, a "removable HDD" —which can be loaded with contents and carried with ease—has been developed and is being offered in a product line-up. This removable HDD, called iVDR*, can handle diversified-content applications (e.g. stationary, in-car, and mobile devices) and the infrastructure for supporting iVDR applications is currently being developed. The HDD has started to break free of the field of simple external memory devices, thereby entering a pioneering phase of development of new applications in which the HDD will play a major role.
* iVDR is a trademark of iVDR Hard Disk Drive Consortium.
 | The Hitachi Hyoron (Japanese Only) |
| Hitachi Global Storage Technologies |
| iVDR Consortium |
| SAFIA |
HDD, Hard Disk Drive, iVDR, SAFIA, Removable
