New Ultra-Mobile Breakthrough Enables Up To 2TB Capacity in a
2.5-inch, 7mm Hard Drive
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- (Business Wire)
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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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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