The microdrive was IBM with Hitachi (another Japanese company). That was first used with the mini. Probably not enough capacity at its 1.0in at launch of orig

The microdrive was IBM with Hitachi (another Japanese company). That was first used with the mini. Probably not enough capacity at its 1.0in at launch of original iPod. The original iPod with Toshiba drive was 1.8in.