Samsung: 250 GB and 7200 rpm in 2'' ½ Posted on 05/03/2008 at 22:02 by Nicolas
- source: Samsung
Yesterday, Samsung launched its second 2" ½ hard drive, the Spinpoint MP2, which functions at a speed of 7200 rpm. It is equipped with two platters with a capacity as high as 250 GB versus 200 GB for the M1 introduced in April. Of course, we are still far from the 500 GB attained by some 2" ½ drives although these do not surpass 5400 rpm.
It has an SATA-II (3.0 Gbits/s) type interface, a cache of 16 MB and it supports Native Command Queuing. Destined for desktop replacement laptops, work stations and servers, performances should be interesting. No precise figures were given in this area or for power consumption which could be significant. The first samples, reserved for OEMs, will be delivered before the end of the month.
Yesterday, Samsung launched its second 2" ½ hard drive, the Spinpoint MP2, which functions at a speed of 7200 rpm. It is equipped with two platters with a capacity as high as 250 GB versus 200 GB for the M1 introduced in April. Of course, we are still far from the 500 GB attained by some 2" ½ drives although these do not surpass 5400 rpm.