Seagate: 320GB & 7200 rpm in 2'' ½ Posted on 20/05/2008 at 18:15 by Nicolas
While Hitachi, Samsung and Fujitsu have already commercialized hard drives in 2" 1/2 format with a capacity of 500 GB but with rotation speeds of 4200 or 5400 rpm, Seagate seems to have favored performance over capacity with its announcement of the Momentus 7200.3 whose size can attain 320 GB.
Besides the higher rotation speed, these models will have a cache of 16 MB, an SATA-II interface and will enclose a maximum of 2 platters. The sustained transfer speed is announced at 80 MB /s with latency times of 11 and 13ms in reading/writing for an average power consumption of 2.1 Watts in these operations and a sound level of 23 dBA in stand-by.
They are now featured in Dell’s XPS laptops and those of its subsidiary Alienware should soon integrate them. Otherwise, prices and the availability date for ordinary mortals have not yet been revealed.
While Hitachi, Samsung and Fujitsu have already commercialized hard drives in 2" 1/2 format with a capacity of 500 GB but with rotation speeds of 4200 or 5400 rpm, Seagate seems to have favored performance over capacity with its announcement of the Momentus 7200.3 whose size can attain 320 GB.