Archive for the 'Laptop Hard Drives' Category

Seagate has announced this week that it is now shipping its new Momentus FDE self-encrypting laptop hard drives with “government-grade” AES encryption, up to 320GB of capacity, and SATA2 interface.

“Now shipping is the Momentus 5400 FDE.3 hard drive with capacities of 320GB and 160GB and 8MBs of cache, as is Momentus 7200 FDE, Seagate’s first high-performance (7200 RPM) self-encrypting notebook drive, with capacities of 320GB and 160GB and a 16MB cache. Seagate’s Momentus 5400 RPM and 7200 RPM self-encrypting hard drives in capacities up to 500GB are scheduled to begin shipping early next year,” the press release says.

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Fujitsu today announced that it has developed MJA2 BH and MJA2 CH, two new 500GB 2.5-inch hard drive models that feature a rotational speed of 5,400rpm and “industry-leading levels of energy efficiency”.

The new HDDs are claimed to consume 1.4W of power when recording data, one-third less than previous models. The drives use SATA 2 interface and have 8MB of cache. Average seek times are 12ms (read) and 14ms (write).

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Western Digital is now shipping its new line of WD Scorpio Black 7,200rpm 2.5-inch SATA 3Gb/s hard drives for high-performance laptops and portable storage devices.

The drives are available in capacities from 80GB to 320GB. The Scorpio Black Series features IntelliSeek, SecurePark, ShockGuard, and WhisperDrive technologies, as well as a free-fall sensor in select models.

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Dell has added a 320GB 7,200rpm hard drive option to its XPS M1730 gaming notebook.

The new high performance 2.5-inch HDD in the M1730 is the latest Seagate Momentus 7200.3 with 16MB of cache and a SATA 2 3Gb/s interface.

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Phoenix Technologies today announced it is working with Fujitsu to enable remote disk control and disk data protection for laptops equipped with Fujitsu’s new full disk encryption (FDE) 2.5″ 7,200rpm SATA hard disk drives.

With Phoenix FailSafe technology, the notebook owner can remotely disable the Fujitsu FDE drive in the laptop, thus ensuring “failsafe” protection against data theft and personal information loss, Phoenix says.

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Fujitsu Computer Products of America has announced the MHZ2 BJ, its 2.5-inch SATA hard disk drive with 7,200rpm rotational speed and up to 320GB of storage capacity.

The new high performance HDD is designed for use in laptops and slim desktop PCs.

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Hitachi has announced the availability of the Travelstar 5K320 2.5-inch notebook hard drives, featuring 320GB of storage capacity, a rotational speed of 5,400rpm, and the Serial ATA 2 3Gb/s interface.

“The Travelstar 5K320 elevates the standard for hard drive reliability with design enhancements that include altitude-sensing Thermal Fly-height Control (TFC), an improved actuator latch and fourth generation perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) head technology. These features combine to safeguard user data that might otherwise be compromised as a result of accidental falls, bumps and rough handling. The drives also include TrueTrack technology, which improves tracking accuracy in high shock or vibration environments,” the company’s press release says.

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Fujitsu today announced the release of its new series of MHZ2 BT 2.5″ hard disk drives with data storage capacity of up to 500GB.

The Fujitsu MHZ2 BT HDDs use the Serial ATA 3GB/s interface and spin at 4,200rpm. These drives have 8MB of buffer memory.

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Samsung Electronics announced this week the development of “the world’s first 500GB 2.5″ hard drive that fits in the industry’s standard 9.5mm height dimension”.

Samsung’s new Spinpoint M6 500GB consists of three 166GB platters in a standard laptop HDD form factor.

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Hitachi GST today introduced the Travelstar 5K500 laptop hard drive featuring 500GB of storage space, which is the world’s highest capacity for a 2.5-inch HDD.

“The half-terabyte (500GB) Travelstar 5K500 is poised to usher in a new era of “slim” desktops, full-featured notebooks, gaming consoles and other advanced applications for consumers on-the-go,” the company’s press release says.

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Samsung has released the Spinpoint M6 HM320JI 320GB 2.5-inch notebook hard drive, featuring a 5,400rpm rotational speed, Serial ATA interface, and 8GB of cache memory.

The M6 HM320JI 320GB utilizes perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology and has an optional Free-Fall Sensor that protects data from drops, as well as an optional Rotary Vibration Controller that minimizes the influence of external vibration.

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Fujitsu has announced the development of the MHZ2 BH series of 2.5-inch hard drives with a maximum capacity of 320 GB. Sales of the new series will begin in February 2008, according to the company.

The Fujitsu MHZ2 BH HDDs, designed primarily for use in notebooks, small form factor desktop PCs, and consumer electronics products, use a SATA2 3.0Gb/sec intefrace and spin at 5,400rpm. These hard drives operate at 1.9 watts when reading or writing data, and have 0.6W power consumption on idle.

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SanDisk Corporation has unveiled the Vaulter Disk, a solid-state storage solution that works in conjunction with a PC’s hard drive.

A SanDisk Vaulter Disk-equipped PC is claimed to provide enhanced performance over a PC that has only a standard HDD. Both the Vaulter and a hard drive are integrated into a PC and operate simultaneously, the company says.

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Western Digital today announced it is now shipping its new WD Scorpio WD3200BEVT 2.5-inch laptop hard drive with 320GB of storage capacity. The HDD has the world’s highest capacity for this form factor, along with the Toshiba MK3252GSX.

The Scorpio WD3200BEVT has a 5400rpm spin speed, a Serial ATA 3Gb/s interface, and a 12ms access time. It features WhisperDrive technology for quiet operation, ShockGuard technology for protection from shocks, as well as IntelliSeek technology, which calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise, and vibration.

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Hitachi announced today it developed CPP-GMR, the world’s smallest read-head technology for hard drives, which is expected to quadruple current storage capacity limits to four terabytes (TB) on a desktop hard drive and one TB on a notebook HDD.

“Researchers at Hitachi have successfully reduced existing recording heads by more than a factor of two to achieve new heads in the 30-50 nanometer (nm) range, which is up to 2,000 times smaller than the width of an average human hair (approx. 70-100 microns). Called current perpendicular-to-the-plane giant magnetoresistive (CPP-GMR) heads, Hitachi’s new technology is expected to be implemented in shipping products in 2009 and reach its full potential in 2011�.

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