Drive makers again predict 8-in. demise: Fujitsu, Seagate anticipate future in smaller form factors. (includes related article on the potential demise of 5.25-inch drives)

EDN, January, 1991 by Scanlan, Jim

Drive makers again predict 8-in. demise Some makers of 8-inch drives are again predicting that the form factor is on its way out.

Fujitsu America (San Jose, CA) "will introduce one more generation of 8-inch drives, maybe two," according to product marketing director David Roy.

Seagate Technology (Scotts Valley, CA) also foresees the inevitable decline of the 8-inch drive. The company's Sabre ST83050 and the ST83220--introduced at Comdex--are the seventh and perhaps penultimate generation. "There will be more to come," says marketing director Rudy Thibodeau. "Another [generation] for sure. Anything after that is too early to call."

The 8-inch drive is now challenged by 5-1/4-inch rivals in all traditional mass-storage domains. Where...

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