| All kinds of digital electronic products more popular | | | | low-speed communication equipment, which |
| with the widespread application of Internet, and | | | | determines its maximum data transfer rate can reach |
| mobile concept continuous develop from business to | | | | 12Mbps, but due to extensive use of large files such |
| personal entertainment and other fields, storage | | | | as various video and audio, database and game |
| needs for personal data, especially for mobile storage | | | | software, the access speeds of external storage |
| becomes faster and faster. In past three years, | | | | products has been challenged. |
| external hard drives are finally getting a much-needed | | | | USB2.0 interface, data transfer rate can achieve |
| makeover by consumers and business users in the | | | | 480Mbps, substantially increased data transmission |
| mobile storage market, because it have higher access | | | | speed. Currently a growing number of mobile storage |
| speeds, easier access to the process relative to the | | | | products have begun to support the USB2.0 interface |
| optical storage medium (such as CDRW DVDRW, | | | | on the market. |
| etc.), and more large-capacity, lower prices and other | | | | Is it USB2.0 interface standard has achieved the limit |
| advantages relative to the flash memory (U-disk), the | | | | of mobile transmission speed yet? Are there any |
| market space is also growing. But the external hard | | | | possible to be faster interface standards in the near |
| disk market has shown the direction and | | | | future? |
| development trends that can be grasped in a highly | | | | Trend 3: Practical - integration of multiple technologies |
| competitive market. | | | | In 2009, multimedia external hard drive have already |
| Trend 1: The volume minimized, Maximum capacity | | | | integrated features suitable for mass consumer, such |
| It means easy to carry and lots of space. IBM | | | | as play high-definition movie, directly download |
| released the first 1-inch micro hard drive which | | | | high-definition movie players. A good combination of |
| capacity is 340MB in 1999, but in 2000 it creased to | | | | data storage and audio video entertainment! |
| 1GB, now the product of 1-inch micro hard drives | | | | Trend 4: Secure Storage |
| already can provide more than 4GB storage space, | | | | Data confidentiality, stability as a product selling point |
| while the disc body is very small and slim enough to | | | | is a direct and can not be missing. And this trend is |
| apply in a variety of consumer electronic products. | | | | an important guarantee of an external hard disk |
| Currently configured as a removable hard disk | | | | creating a niche in the mobile market, but compared |
| standard, 2.5-inch notebook hard drives also reached | | | | with flash memory, external hard disk is temporarily |
| the maximum capacity of 120GB, almost equivalent | | | | at a disadvantage in earthquake and safety, but HDD |
| to the current mainstream desktop hard drive | | | | makers has never stopped exploration on earthquake |
| capacity. | | | | and security. Meanwhile, in the market, there are also |
| Although 1.8-inch hard drive come into the mobile | | | | a growing number of products in the direction |
| storage market later, but it perfectly solved the | | | | towards the development of hardware-based |
| contradiction between size and capacity. | | | | encryption. |
| Capacity of 1.8-inch hard drive approximately is | | | | Trend 5: Fashion Appearance |
| 50-75% of 2.5-inch hard drive, but compared with the | | | | As the development of any electronic products, |
| 2.5-inch hard drive, it more thinner, smaller and lighter. | | | | external hard drives users has the same requirements |
| Silicon Pa's smallest and the latest mobile hard disk | | | | to stylish appearance of products, especially when it |
| Buslink launched to the global market, 1.8-inch, | | | | is a portable consumer durables and could show to |
| compact structure, exquisite design, ensuring the | | | | others. |
| best operation, the volume of the entire product is | | | | In addition to the appearance of external hard drive |
| 68mm × 91mm × 15mm, equal to 1 / 2 | | | | is more smaller volume, lighter and cuter, its material |
| of the traditional 2.5-inch external hard disk, is the | | | | properties, handle, decoration, color, product shape, |
| world's smallest external hard drives. As more small | | | | the same as consumers demanding conditions. Mini |
| portable devices to market with dozens of GB of | | | | (mini) represents not simple, but the quality of |
| internal storage space required, we will see 1.8-inch | | | | simultaneous promotion, internally and externally |
| mobile hard disk will be more and more applications. | | | | aesthetic. |
| Trend 2: speed - the access speed of data | | | | While the future market competition will become |
| The access speed of mobile storage devices are still | | | | more intense, but external hard drives advances in |
| have great space for acceleration. First, the standard | | | | technology will give users a better experience: smaller |
| of mobile hard disk interface upgraded from USB1.1 | | | | size, more space, more stylish appearance, more |
| to USB2.0, this is an important milestone on the | | | | secure, feature more diverse, external hard drives |
| development of external hard disk. The traditional | | | | market share will be steadily increasing in the mobile |
| USB 1.1 specification is specifically designed for | | | | storage. |