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Seagate Unveils 1.5 TB Desktop Drive

14 Jul, 2008, 1:43 pm IST | by Jayesh Mansukhani | Storage

Seagate has unveiled the industry's first 1.5-terabyte desktop and half-terabyte notebook hard drives to meet worldwide demand for digital-content storage in home and business environments.
The debut of the Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB hard drive, the eleventh generation of Seagate’s flagship drive for desktop PC is a half-terabyte increase from the previous highest capacity of 1TB. The Barracuda 7200.11 hard drive combines proven PMR technology, components and manufacturing to provide 1.5TB of reliable storage for mainstream desktop computers, workstations, desktop RAID, gaming and high-end PCs, and USB/FireWire/eSATA external storage.


Seagate’s new 2.5-inch half-terabyte 5400- and 7200-rpm drives – Momentus 5400.6 and Momentus 7200.4 – deliver the best combination of capacity, mobility and durability for mainstream and high-performance notebook computers, external storage solutions, PCs and industrial applications requiring small form factor.

"Organizations and consumers of all kinds worldwide continue to create, share and consume digital content at levels never before seen, giving rise to new markets, new applications and demand for desktop notebook computers with unprecedented storage capacity, performance and reliability," said Michael Wingert, Seagate executive vice president and general manager, Personal Computer Business. "Seagate is committed to powering the next generation of computing today with the planet’s fastest, highest-capacity and most reliable storage solutions."

The Momentus 5400.6 and Momentus 7200.4 hard drives are the fourth generation of Seagate’s laptop family to use PMR. The Momentus 5400.6, a 5400-rpm drive, combines a powerful Serial ATA  Gb/second interface and capacities ranging from 120GB to 500GB with an 8MB cache. The Momentus 7200.4 hard drive, with its 7200-rpm spin speed and a Serial ATA 3GB/second interface, delivers true desktop performance. The power-efficient 7200-rpm drive maximizes battery life and comes in capacities ranging from 250GB to 500GB with a 16MB cache.

These new drives will ship at Q4 of this year. Pricing is unknown as of now.

Tags: Seagate , PMR

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