First terabyte hard drive
Who
Hitachi Deskstar 7k1000
What
first
Where
()
When
2007
The first standard 3.5 inch drive to reach one terabyte in capacity was the Hitachi Deskstar 7k1000, which has a spin rate of 7,100 revolutions per minute. It was launched in 2007.The hard drive, first invented in 1956, has become the standard way of storing large amounts of data on a PC, and is where computer game software is usually kept.