Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announced the first terabyte (TB) SATA hard drive, aimed initially for the retail market. The Deskstar 7K1000 will begin shipping to retail customers in the first quarter of 2007 at a suggested retail price of $399, or 40 cents per gigabyte. An enterprise version of the drive is expected in the second quarter of the year. Along with the Deskstar 7K1000 for the retail market, Hitachi is also announcing its CinemaStar version 1 TB hard drive, which provides capabilities specifically designed for digital video recording (DVR) applications. Meanwhile, Seagate said its 1 TB drive will ship the first half of 2007.
