Con il comunicato stampa di seguito allegato, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) ha annunciato la ormai imminente commercializzazione del primo hard disk drive (o HDD) per desktop da 7200RPM e caratterizzato da una capacità di memorizzazione pari a ben 2TB.
In accordo al produttore, il nuovo 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 è in grado di abbinare alte prestazioni e elevata capacità a feature che invece ne sottolineano il rispetto per l'ambiente e per le tematiche ecologiche.
Il drive, che è stato realizzato con l'ausilio della tecnologia a 5 platter e garantisce un livello di rumore sempre soddisfacente al variare delle possibili condizioni operative, utilizza una interfaccia SATA II per il collegamento con il mondo ed include una memoria cache da ben 32MB.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. - August 6, 2009 - Continuing its tradition of
being first-to-market with industry leading hard drives, Hitachi Global Storage
Technologies (Hitachi GST) today announced that it is now shipping the world’s
first, two terabyte (2TB), 7200 RPM hard disk drive (HDD). The new, colossal,
2TB Deskstar 7K2000 blends high performance and high capacity with low
power and other eco-friendly features designed to enable Energy-Star rated
computers and other high performance desktop systems.
Leveraging a solid track record for reliability, the new Deskstar 7K2000 is
now in its fourth-generation using the company’s unique five-platter
design with relaxed bit density and proven perpendicular magnetic recording
(PMR) technology. Couple this with an ultra-quiet operation, a 32MB cache and
a 3Gb/s SATA interface, and the new Deskstar 7K2000 is the ideal desktop drive
for power users, gamers or anyone looking for a big, fast hard drive.
"The new Deskstar 7K2000 reflects our ongoing commitment to provide customers,
channel partners and OEMs with proven, reliable solutions for enabling desktop
computers, gaming systems, workstations and desktop RAID arrays," said
Brendan Collins, vice president of marketing, Hitachi GST. "At Hitachi,
we continue to offer one of the broadest product lines in the world with a focus
on delivering industry-leading hard drives that meet the reliability, performance,
capacity and power needs of a variety of traditional and emerging market segments."
"The demand for higher capacity disk drives is being fueled by the persistent
growth of digital information generated by consumers and organizations alike," said
John Rydning, research director for hard disk drives at IDC. "With the
introduction of the industry's first 7200 RPM, 2TB HDD, Hitachi GST is building
a tradition of time-to-market leadership for delivering the biggest and fastest
disk drives for capacity-hungry PC users, given it was also the first HDD vendor
to ship a 1TB HDD, the Deskstar 7K1000, in early 2007."
In addition to the new 2TB Deskstar 7K2000, Hitachi GST is also refreshing
its high-volume desktop hard drive family. The new 7200 RPM Deskstar 7K1000.C
family will deliver up to 500GB per platter, and will come in capacities of
160GB to 1TB, hitting the capacity and performance sweet spots for mainstream
desktop applications. Like previous generations, both the 7K2000 and 7K1000.C
Hitachi Deskstar drives feature industry-standard 512-byte sector formatting,
a patented ramp load/unload design to increase shock protection, and Thermal
Fly-height Control (TFC) to maintain a consistent fly-height during the read/write
process for added data reliability. Volume production and worldwide availability
of the new Deskstar 7K1000.C will begin in the current quarter.
Leveraging the company’s eighth-generation power management technology,
including power-saving innovations like the Hitachi Voltage Efficiency Regulator
(HiVERT), the Deskstar 7K2000 and 7K1000.C deliver outstanding power
management and thermal emissions to help manufacturers meet energy compliance
targets for their computer systems and storage-based solutions. For example,
the new Deskstar 7K2000 offers 10 percent idle power savings over previous
generations, and on a watt-per-GB basis, idle power has improved more than
120 percent. The new Deskstar 7K1000.C is expected to deliver best-in-class
power efficiency at 4.4 watts or less idle power, which is the best in the
industry when compared to current generation, competing desktop drives.
In addition to being RoHS compliant and low in power, all new Deskstar drives
are now Halogen free across the entire family, earning both the Deskstar 7K2000
and 7K1000.C the Hitachi EcoTrac classification.
For more information about the Hitachi GST Deskstar 7K2000 and 7K1000.C hard
drives, please visit www.hitachigst.com/deskstar.
Source: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) Press Release
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