Seagate Unveils Hard Drives with 1 TB per Platter

Author: Cássio Lima Date: May 4, 2011 - 10:57 AM PST Category: Storage More Info: http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=unveils-1-... Real-time pricing for Seagate ST95005620AS Seagate Momentus XT 500 GB 2.5 Inch Solid State Hybrid Drive ST95005620AS Diamond-5944804 Electronics Used and New Amazon: $99.99 TigerDirect: $79.97 Newegg: $79.99 CompUSA: $79.97 Seagate has announced the first 3.5-inch hard drive featuring 1 TB of storage capacity per disk (platter). It means that from now on, we will have on the market high-capacity hard drives with fewer platters and heads. With fewer components, hard drives’ prices tend to drop (at least we hope so). Just to put things into perspective, the Seagate 3 TB Barracuda XT hard drive features five 600 GB platters (488 Gigabits per square inch) and 10 heads. With 1 TB platters (625 Gigabits per square inch), Seagate can produce a 3 TB hard drive using only three platters and six heads. The first products to utilize 1 TB platters will be launched within Seagate’s GoFlex Desk external hard drive series, but the company will also launch Barracuda XT models (in 1.5 TB, 2 TB and 3 TB capacities) with 1 TB platters in mid-2011. Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark Article | Comments (0)

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