IBM MicroDrive, one of the smallest hard disk drives CF Compact flash interface for digital cameras. Cover removed.

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Prior to the 1-inch Microdrive, a HDD was developed and launched in 1992 by HP with a capacity of 20 MB. These units weighed about 28 g (1 oz), with dimensions of " x " x " ( mm x mm x mm) and were the physically smallest hard drives in the world before the Microdrive. In 1999, IBM launched the first generation 1-inch Microdrive with storage capacities of 170 MB and 340 MB.[1] The physical dimensions of Microdrive were " x " x " ( mm x mm x mm) and conformed to CompactFlash Type II card standard. A second generation of Microdrive was announced by IBM in 2000 with increased capacities at 512 MB and 1 GB. Following the merger of IBM and Hitachi HDD business units, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies continued the development and marketing of the Microdrive. In 2003, 2 GB and 4 GB models were announced[2] by Hitachi, followed by 6 GB capacity model in 2005

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