A new year usually brings short-lived resolutions and expensive gym membership, but according to TDK Corporation January 2010 will also see 640GB 2.5-inch and 2.5TB 3.5-inch hard-drives. The company stands a good chance of being right, too, as it manufacturers the read/write heads for several hard-drive makers; their roadmap shows a jump from the current mass-production of 250GB/platter 2.5-inch drive heads to 320GB/platter head production ramping up from this month to December 2009.
Growing up, I remember the household name TDK as the brand of choice in magnetic recording media, whether it is industrial or consumer grade line of product. That hasn’t changed when it comes to optical recording media such as Blu-ray, Dvd or Cd disk. The company looks to firm up it’s position in the uprising flash-based memory storage with the 



