| A. Currie Munce, Ph. D. | San Jose Research Center, |
| Jan-Ulrich Thiele, Ph. D. | San Jose Research Center, |
The magnetic HDD is now 50 years old, but demand is still growing for larger capacities, faster performance and enhanced features. The recording density for data on the surface of the disk has increased 60,000,000-fold in those 50 years and placed tremendous challenges on all aspects of the drive design. To continue this great progress and meet future demands, significant scientific and technological breakthroughs will be required over the next several years. The leaders in this industry will need to have the support from leading-edge research teams. In Hitachi, HDDrelated research is performed in several overseas laboratories, in addition to the corporate research labs in Japan. The largest of the overseas research groups, the San Jose Research Center, located in San Jose Calif., USA, has a long history of contributions to HDD technology, including the invention of the HDD over 50 years ago. All these research activities are coordinated worldwide to leverage the unique skills and capabilities that exist globally in the Hitachi Group.
 | The Hitachi Hyoron (Japanese Only) |
HDD, Hard Disk Drive, Recording Density, Magnetic, digital data
