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Western Digital working on 20,000rpm HDD to rival SSD?
Solid state drives may have their benefits when it comes to reliability, speed, low power consumption, and small dimensions. But the storage market is mainly driven by cost-per-gigabyte, and in that regard, SSDs still can’t compete with traditional spinning hard disk drives.
In light of this, Western Digital is reportedly developing a 20,000rpm Raptor hard drive – twice the speed of its current Raptor lineup – to counter the increasing popularity of SSDs. The drive is apparently a 2.5-inch model with a custom 3.5-inch ‘caddy’ similar to that of the recently announced VelociRaptor, which will act as both a heatsink for cooling and provide a stiff frame to counter vibration and to help with noise-reduction as well.
One particular drawback in today’s energy-conscious times, however, is that a 20K drive would need more electricity to spin it. But I can imagine enthusiasts who demand nothing but the best when it comes to performance would gladly buy one of these beasts.
In light of this, Western Digital is reportedly developing a 20,000rpm Raptor hard drive – twice the speed of its current Raptor lineup – to counter the increasing popularity of SSDs. The drive is apparently a 2.5-inch model with a custom 3.5-inch ‘caddy’ similar to that of the recently announced VelociRaptor, which will act as both a heatsink for cooling and provide a stiff frame to counter vibration and to help with noise-reduction as well.
One particular drawback in today’s energy-conscious times, however, is that a 20K drive would need more electricity to spin it. But I can imagine enthusiasts who demand nothing but the best when it comes to performance would gladly buy one of these beasts.
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User Comments (6)
Post a comment| fullmetalvegan on June 6, 2008 12:53 PM | Hell yes. =D
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| gamerguy53 on June 6, 2008 1:09 PM | gimmie nao
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| Obi-Wan Jerkobi on June 6, 2008 3:58 PM | I bet that if they made the 20,000 dollars with one disc platter, that it could be possible to let the drive run at that speed without shredding stuff up. :P They do only have to platters on the WD Caviar SE 640GB so if they put a 320GB Platter on this drive... 
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| TimeParadoX on June 6, 2008 7:57 PM | Wouldn't it be impossible to have such speeds without it shredding the materials inside the HDD? I tried spinning a CD drive faster than standard speeds and it shattered the CD I had inside.
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| emrandsl08 on June 7, 2008 4:42 PM | I dont think this drive will have 1TB version.Maybe, 150GB or max of 250GB. i am not an expert,but as far as i have seen the 10,000 RPM hard disk are of that size.
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| fullmetalvegan on June 9, 2008 2:27 PM | Except for the new VelociRaptor will is 10kRPM and 300GB, pushing the boundaries. XD
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