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Fujitsu Asia introduced the MHW2BK series of Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) hard disk drives (HDDs).
Made mainly for blade server, industrial, robotic, surveillance and telecommunications operations, the MHW2BK series of HDDs has been considered with a spindle speed of 7,200 revolutions per minute (rpm) and a maximum data rate of 3 gigabits per second (Gb/s).

The product line also incorporates features to decrease the adverse effects of rotational vibration (such as read or write failures) which may arise when multiple drives are mounted on a single chassis and rotated at high speeds, for increased operational stability.
Specifications of the MHW2BK Series
Form factor 2.5”
Capacity * 60 GB, 80 GB, 120 GB
Interface Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s
Rotational speed 7,200 rpm
Avg seek time (typ) 10.5ms (read); 12.5 ms (write)
Data transfer rate Max 300 MB/s
Buffer size 8 MB
Shock tolerance
- Operating 300 G (2 ms)
- Non-operating 900 G (1 ms)
Power Supply + 5 V ± 5%
Power consumption R/W (typ) 2.1 W (1.5 Gb/s) / 2.3 W (3.0 Gb/s)
Idle (typ) 0.80 W (in slumber mode
Standby (typ) 0.13 W (in slumber mode)
Acoustics Idle (typ) 2.5 bels or less
Dimensions (H x W x L) 9.5 x 70 x 100 mm
Weight 116 g or less

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Coolness!

Western Digital has a new product and they have only recently launched it. It’s the WD Passport Portable which is a 320-Gbyte hard disk drive. It comes (so far) in black and weighs less than five ounces. It is a plug-and-play and lightweight Passport that connects to computers via USB port. It needs no power adapter (even if you can have one) since it is drawn from the USB bus. The WD Passport Portable also has available software for keeping files both in the Passport and the host computer in synch. This new gadget is aimed at people who need a portable backup device for large files such as music, video, and other data. This gadget is both PC and Apple Mac desktop and notebook compatible.

Source: Information Week

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Another product unveiling here! Whew! Technology is really a fast-paced industry. I can hardly keep up with it!

Anyway, Seagate Technology LLC is to launch its updated Momentus laptop disk drive. The new Momentus 5400.4 version is 2.5 inches and has storage capacity of 160GB up to a maximum of 250GB. Not only that, the new version of the drive has a faster transfer rate of 3Gbit/sec � definitely afar cry from 2006�s Momentus 5400.3 which ran at 1.5Gbit/sec.

I guess this is Seagate�s attempt to bump off fierce competition from rivals (Western Digital Corp., Samsung Electronics Co., Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc. and Toshiba Corp.,). Brrr� Competition is indeed fierce if you take that into consideration!

Source: Computerworld

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One of the worldwide leaders in disk drive and system-on-chip solutions, STMicroelectronics, has announced that they will release a motor-control chip for hard-disk drives (HDD). This chip is intended specially for “enterprise- level HDD applications.”

The new controller can do without external regulators for varying voltages that are usually required by the drive. In other words, it is highly efficient and suitable for demanding high level HDD applications. The controller called the L7220 has the latest version of Smooth Drive(R) pseudo-sinusoidal digital-drive technique which is exclusively developed by ST. This minimizes acoustic noise from the spindle motor among other things. The L7220 will be fully out by mid 2008 but evaluation samples are now available at $15,000

Source: CNN