And while the capacity of HDDs has grown exponentially, the speed of these devices has not significantly increased.

而当HDD的容量指数级增加时，这些驱动器的速度并没有实现显著增长。

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Therefore, seek time continues to be the largest source of latency in HDDs.

因此，寻道时间一直是HDD的延迟时间的最主要来源。

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And this type situation has only worsened as the density and capacity of HDDs have increased.

而且这种状况只会随着HDD密度和容量的增加而变得更坏。

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Toshiba has not indicated a great interest in the past to make 3.5-inch HDDs as it has focused on 2.5-inch and smaller HDDs.

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