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Webfeet > Industry News Briefs Summary > Categories
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3/24/2008
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Fujitsu introduces its second generation 7200 RPM mobile drive with a SATA ll interface, doubling its storage capacity to 320GB. Fujitsu is one of five HDD suppliers offering 7200RPM drives, but is the first to offer 320GB of storage above the current offering of 200GB for this class product. This product is design for multimedia and data intensive applications such as gaming, graphics editing and high definition video in notebook platforms. According to Fujitsu shipments will start in the second quarter. | 2/26/2008
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Toshiba is the first HDD supplier to launch a 1.8 inch drive with a spindle speed of 5400 RPM. They are also the first to Launch a 1.8 inch drive with a SATA interface using a Micro-SATA connector. Capacities are 80GB and 120GB. This product clearly targets PC platforms, more specifically ultra –mobile PCs by boosting performance with a higher spindle speed, larger cache, and native command queuing (NCQ) feature of Serial-ATA. The 1.8 inch form factor with its smaller footprint and lower power consumption has always been an advantage in ultra-mobile PCs however performance has been an issue with their spindle speeds limited to 4200 RPMs. This new 1.8 inch platform coupled with the features of Serial ATA will boost performance and help close the performance gap to 5400 RPM, 2.5 inch hard disk drive in standard size notebooks. |
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2/8/2008
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Hitachi and Samsung have announced 2.5 inch, 5400 RPM mobile drives that will provide 500GB of storage. Currently the highest capacity for a two disk configuration yields 320GB or 160GB/platter. By adding a third disk and increasing the areal density approximately 4% to 167GB/platter, total capacity can be boosted to 500GB. The difference between Hitachi's product and Samsung's product is Hitachi adds additional Z-height (12.5mm) to accommodate the third platter, whereas Samsung is containing the third platter within the standard Z-height of 9.5mm. Fujitsu also introduced three platter products at 250GB in mid 2007 and 300GB in the latter half of 2007. Both products had Z-heights of 12.5mm. Products from Samsung and Hitachi are both due out in the first quarter of this year.
| 12/23/2007
Samsung joins the ranks of Toshiba, WD and Fujitsu in offering a 320GB, 5400 RPM mobile drive in its product line-up. The new drive is called Spinpoint M6 HM320Jl. It comes with a 1.5Gb/sec SATA interface and 8MB of cache. The drive is designed for notebook, enterprise and consumer electronics applications. The drive features an optional Free-Fall Sensor that protects data from accidental drops and includes an optional Rotary Vibration Controller that minimizes the influence of external vibration. The M6 Series is currently available with a $249 MSRP.
11/27/2007
Fujitsu joins WD and Toshiba with the announcement of a 320GB, two platter, 2.5 inch mobile HDD for its product line. The new HDD is called MHZ2 series. The rotational speed is 5400 RPM. It has a SATA interface capable of 3.0Gb/sec. Fujitsu will start shipping this class product in the first quarter of 2008 for notebook computers and consumer electronics applications. WD and Toshiba are currently shipping its 320GB class product. Expect the remaining mobile suppliers; Hitachi, Samsung, and Seagate to announce their 320GB class products soon.
9/6/2007
Toshiba announces its newest generation 1.8 inch hard disk drive with capacities up to 160GB. The MK8022GAA is an 80GB offering, on a single platter with a z-height of 5mm. The interface is Parallel ATA for CE applications requiring this interface. The MK1626GCB is a 160GB offering based on a two platter design with a z-height of 8mm. The interface is CE-ATA, a simplified interface for CE applications such as PMPs, digital audio players, and digital video recorders.
8/21/2007
Toshiba has launched new 2.5 inch hard disk drives with capacities up to 320GB on two platters and a 7200RPM high performance offering with capacities up to 200GB. The combination of capacity offerings and spindle speeds of the 5400 RPM and 7200 RPM platforms results in nine new products. The 5400 RPM line is known as MK3252GSX and the 7200 RPM line is MK2049GSY. Both product lines incorporate a free fall sensor parking the heads off the platters for increased shock performance if a notebook is dropped. The 7200 RPM line incorporates a 16MB buffer, enabling high speed data processing. Target applications are notebooks requiring high density storage and performance for video applications such as movies and digital photos. Other applications are PC gaming and enterprise applications such as blade servers. Products are sampling now, with mass production in Q4 2007.
© 2008 Copyright Web-Feet Research, Inc. 8/20/2007
Samsung makes a technology announcement for its new generation 1.8 inch Spinpoint N2 Series hard drive. The 160GB hard drive targets the HDD camcorder market, MP3 players and personal media players that support music files, video and internet access. According to Samsung, the Spinpoint N2 can store more than 40,000 MP3 files or 100HD quality movies. Availability has not been announced.
© 2008 Copyright Web-Feet Research, Inc. 7/3/2007
Fujitsu announces the highest capacity 2.5 inch mobile drive at 300GB. The drive is a three platter design consisting of 100GB per platter. Spindle speed is 4200 RPMs. Fujitsu is the only mobile supplier with a three platter design. This is the third generation of its three platter design. Other mobile suppliers offer one and two platter designs with the highest capacity offerings at 250GB. The third platter by Fujitsu gives them the capacity edge over their competitors; however it comes at a price of increased drive thickness of 12.5mm vs 9.5mm. Fujitsu has chosen to offer this drive as an external hard drive only; for now it will not be offered internally in notebooks. It is powered through the USB interface coupled with Apricorn's EZ Gig ii software. According to Fujitsu, the drive will ship in the third quarter of this year. Suggested retail pricing is $229.
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