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Hitachi Global Storage owns the IBM Microdrive as of Jan 1, 2003. They sent me this press release.......

World’s Smallest Hard Drive Now Bigger: 4GB on a One-Inch Disk

SAN JOSE, www.hgst.com, January 6, 2003 - Hitachi Global Storage Technologies today announced plans to squeeze four gigabytes of data onto the 1-inch Microdrive, the world's smallest hard disk drive. With considerable advances in miniaturization technology, Hitachi engineers have overcome numerous magnetic recording challenges associated with developing hard disk drives of this size. The 4GB Microdrive is expected to be available in the Fall of 2003.
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