The number of top tier hard drive and solid state disk makers shrinks by one today, with the announcement that Western Digital is acquiring Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. The deal is worth about $4.3 billion, and it gives Hitachi Storage’s parent company (Hitachi Ltd) a share in Western Digital and two seats on the company’s […]
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Hitachi introduces 4.5 inch, 720 x 1280 pixel IPS display
So you thought the iPhone 4 managed to pack a lot of pixels onto its 3.5 inch, 960 x 640 pixel display? Try this on for size: Hitachi is bringing a new 4.5 inch IPS display to market which has a 720 x 1280 pixel resolution. The pixel density is actually similar to what you’d […]
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Hitachi’s finger, stylus-friendly touchscreen demoed on video
Last week we learned that Hitachi was developing a new type of touchscreen that you can operate using a fingertip, stylus, or other implement. It uses technology that’s similar to a traditional capacitive touchscreen to allow you to interact with the screen using a fingertip much as you would on an iPad or most modern […]
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Hitachi developing touchscreen to recognize finger or stylus
Capacitive touchscreen displays are all the rage these days. They show up in mobile phones like the iPhone and most Android phones. They’re in tablets like the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab. Even some netbooks, like the HP Mini 5103 come with optional capacitive touchscreen displays. What sets capacitive screens apart from other touchscreen displays […]
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Hitachi showing off high-res and low power display tech
Hitachi is showing off several different display technologies at the CEATEC trade show in Japan this week. One is a super-high resolution IPS display that comes close to Apple’s iPhone 4 display in terms of pixel density. The other is a low power display technology that looks E Ink when you cut off the backlight. […]
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Hitachi plans to make super-slim hard drives
One of the advantages of using a solid state disk instead of a hard drive is that it lets you build thinner laptops. SSDs don’t need the same kind of cooling as hard drives, and they can generally be thinner as well. But you still get a lot more storage for your buck with hard […]