Seagate Develops World’s Highest Density Mobile Hard Drive Technology
September 01 2015 - 8:02AM
Business Wire
New Ultra-Mobile Breakthrough Enables Up To 2TB
Capacity in a 2.5-inch, 7mm Hard Drive
Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX), a world leader in storage
solutions, today announced it has achieved a major milestone in
areal density with a new hard disk that can offer as much as 2TB of
capacity in a slim 7mm package. This achievement is significant
because in final product form it will give OEMs freedom to design a
new generation of elegant mobile products that are extremely thin
and stylish, light-weight, fast, power-efficient and
cost-effective.
“In an industry first, our engineers have been able to boost
areal density to 1TB per platter in a 2.5-inch form factor, which
will give OEMs the flexibility to design and build virtually any
kind of mobile device they can envision, with plenty of storage to
boot,” said Mark Re, Seagate’s chief technology officer. “Combining
new mechanical firmware architectures, with state of the art heads,
media and electronic design, this technology is a real game
changer- providing four times more capacity than a 0.25TB SSD at a
substantially lower cost.”
Featuring cutting-edge storage technology, the new drive
technology is the first to incorporate recording-subsystem
components—head, media, preamp, channel—to achieve even greater
areal densities, well ahead of competitive offerings. Its advanced,
high-spatial efficiency mechanics deliver lightweight, low
acoustics and strong mechanical robustness capable of new levels of
drive stability even when subject to intense shock and
vibrations.
The new drive weighs just 3.17 oz., and is 25 percent lighter
than the previous generation of Seagate’s mobile hard drive
products. Smaller drives free up valuable space in a mobile device
to accommodate additional designed-in features, such as bigger
batteries, more memory and better air circulation. With up to 2TB
of space, the drive can also enable affordable high capacity
storage— storing more than 500,000 songs, 320,000 photos, 240 hours
of high definition video or 26 hours of 4K ultra-high definition
content.
“The notebook PC continues to be an important productivity tool,
especially for content creators who are producing an enormous
volume of data,” said John Rydning, IDC’s research vice president
for hard disk drives. “Seagate’s new ultra-mobile HDD technology is
ground breaking for Seagate and the HDD industry, making it
possible for notebook PC users to have generous storage capacity in
a thin and light PC.”
While the new areal density milestone was achieved in a
traditional HDD format, Seagate is also examining a hybrid format
as well. A Hybrid version would combine NAND flash with Seagate’s
proprietary learning algorithms, to deliver supreme performance and
a richer consumer experience at a much lower cost than comparable
solid state drives.
For more information on Seagate products please visit
www.seagate.com.
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other countries. When referring to drive capacity, one terabyte, or
TB, equals one thousand billion bytes. Your computer’s operating
system may use a different standard of measurement and report a
lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used
for formatting and other functions and will not be available for
data storage. Quantitative usage examples for various applications
are for illustrative purposes. Actual quantities will vary based on
various factors, including file size, file format, features, and
application software.
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Seagate Technology plcJon Piazza,
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