Seagate, a company specializing in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disc drives,
reportedly announced that its Momentus 5400.6 500GB hard drives are now used in new Acer (
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Momentus 5400.6 HDD is the latest 2.5-inch 5400-rpm drive from Seagate. The drives are designed to support rich digital gaming and other intensive multimedia applications that are the hallmark of Acer Aspire consumer notebook PCs, Seagate said.
According to Seagate, Momentus 5400.6 HDD delivers capacity, mobility and durability for mainstream notebook computers, external storage solutions and industrial applications requiring a small form factor.
The device includes capacity-boosting Perpendicular Magnetic Recording technology and it combines a powerful Serial ATA 3GB/second interface and capacities of 500GB, 320GB, 250GB, 160GB and 120GB with 8MB of cache.
Seagate’s Momentus 5400.6 drives have an areal density of 394 gigabytes per square inch, which the company claims to be the highest ever for a notebook hard drive, with a data transfer rate of 87 megabytes per second (Mbps), the fastest available for a 5400-rpm notebook drive.
“Acer mobile PC customers want notebooks that deliver state-of-the-art capabilities to meet their needs for capacity, performance and durability,” said Campbell Kan, vice president of the Mobile Computing Business Unit at Acer. “Seagate’s new 500GB Momentus hard drive enables Acer to deliver the richest multimedia experience and on-the-go robustness available for notebook computers.”
The hard drive is capable of withstanding up to 1,000 Gs of non-operating shock and 350 Gs of operating shock, making it ideal for notebooks subject to rough handling. Also, the hard drive is provided with G-Force Protection, a free-fall sensor technology that helps it to prevent damage and data loss upon falling.
Momentus uses Seagate’s SoftSonic fluid-dynamic bearing motors to reduce the sound of the system. Also, the hard drives are designed to save power, allowing notebook users to work longer between battery charges.
“We are pleased that Acer is delivering cutting-edge mobile computers with 500GB notebook hard drives from Seagate, with more personal computer makers to follow,” said BanSeng Teh, vice president and managing director of Seagate Asia Pacific. “Seagate continues to advance hard drive capacity, speed and durability, and our latest 500GB 2.5-inch drives and 1.5 Terabyte 3.5-inch drives provide the highest capacities on the planet to meet the growing need to create, store, share and protect digital content.”
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