Con il comunicato stampa di seguito allegato, Samsung Electronics ha annunciato l'hard disk drive (HDD) da 3.5-inch per sistemi desktop siglato EcoGreen F4, o in breve F4EG. La nuova unità è disponibile in due varianti, che si differenziano in base alla capacità di memorizzazione, pari a 1.5TB in un caso e a 2TB nell'altro.
Tra le feature in primo piano del nuovo F4EG il maker cita l'interfaccia verso il mondo di tipo SATA 3.0Gbps, il buffer da 32MB e il supporto di NCQ (Native Command Queuing). Il nuovo HDD è caratterizzato, inoltre, da una struttura a tre dischi, capaci di memorizzare fino a 667MB di dati ciascuno nel caso della variante da 2TB.
Samsung afferma che una simile implementazione permette di ridurre il consumo di potenza, rispetto alla generazione precedente a quattro dischi dello stesso prouttore (F3EG), del 23%.
EcoGreen F4 sarà commercializzato nei mercati statunitense ed europeo nel corso del prossimo mese di settembre, accompagnato da un MSRP che parte da $119.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology, today announced the F4EG, the world’s highest-density, environmentally friendly hard disk drive (HDD) for the desktop market. The EcoGreen F4 features a 2-terabyte (TB) capacity – 667GB for each of its three disks – and is capable of storing up to 880 hours of DVD video or 500,000 songs in MP3 format. The internal F4EG utilizes Samsung’s high-density design technology to provide better performance, low power and improved reliability to its ‘EcoGreen’ hard drives.
“The F4EG delivers all the benefits of a low-power drive yet features top performance quality and is environmentally friendly.”
“Storage-hungry multimedia professionals, gamers and home PC users continue to increase the amount of video, music, photo and other personal data they store and back-up,” said I.C. Park, vice president, Storage Sales, Semiconductor Business, Samsung Electronics. “The F4EG delivers all the benefits of a low-power drive yet features top performance quality and is environmentally friendly.”
With its three disks and advanced technology, the F4EG drive is 19 percent better in standby time performance and has 23 percent lower power consumption in standby mode than the previous four-disk model, the F3EG.
Eliminating halogen compound and brominated flame retardant from the PCBA, the new model is produced with eco-friendly materials and meets all the environmental regulations including RoHS (Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) which is applied worldwide, including the European Union.
Samsung’s new hard drive utilizes its low noise operation technology SilentSeek and NoiseGuard to achieve quiet system operation.
The F4EG incorporates a 3.0Gbps SATA interface, Native Command Queuing and a 32MB buffer memory. The 3.5” F4EG drive is available in 1.5TB and 2TB capacities in the United States and EU markets with a MSRP of $119.99. Initial shipment is scheduled for early September.
Source: LSamsung Electronics Press Release
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