Storage drives shrinking for consumer electronics

Nothing says massive amounts of storage inside a tiny package like the ubiquitous MP3 player.

Close on its heels are multifunction cellphones, PDAs, hand-held video game devices and multimegapixel digital still and video cameras.

Beginning three decades ago with Storage Technology Corp. (now StorageTek, a Sun Microsystems brand), the Boulder Valley has been known for its leadership in the storage industry. It’s now getting a reputation for leadership in the great shrinking drive movement as well.

Longmont-based Cornice Inc.’s 1-inch hard drive – known as the Storage Element – was designed exclusively for the consumer electronics industry, said David Feller, vice president of…