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One-inch hard disks by IBM and Hitachi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Media type | Hard disk drive |
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Encoding | RLL |
Capacity | 170 MB - 16 GB |
Standard | CompactFlash Type II |
Developed by | IBM, Hitachi |
Manufactured by | |
Dimensions | 42.0 mm × 36.0 mm × 5.0 mm |
Usage | Portable devices, notebooks, digital cameras |
Released | September 9, 1998 |
Discontinued | 2012 |
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The Microdrive is a registered trademark for miniature, 1-inch hard disks originally produced by IBM then later Hitachi. These rotational media storage devices were designed to fit in CompactFlash (CF) Type II slots. The release of similar drives by other makers led to them often being referred to as "microdrives" too.
By 2010, Microdrives were viewed as obsolete, having been overtaken by solid-state flash media in read/write performance, storage capacity, durability, and price.