Hitachi Microdrive streaming video at CES 2006 : At Storage-Visions 2006, Hitachi demonstrates the first working CE-ATA hard drive running on an Intel platform. The live demo shows streaming video from a Hitachi Microdrive 3K8 one-inch hard drive over the CE-ATA interface, connected to an Intel XScale application processor. The demo validates integrity of the interface specifications and signals the imminent commercialization of Hitachi's CE-ATA-based Microdrive. With video representing the next killer application for CE devices due to its need for high storage capacity, Hitachi has been in discussion with leading manufacturers of personal media centers, smart phones and other multi-media devices on adoption of the CE-ATA interface.
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