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  Samsung is now shipping its 12.5mm 2.5-inch 1 terabyte internal hard drive. The Spinpoint MT2 is said to be ideal to be fitted in portable hard drives, digital TVs, set-top box etc. The Spinpoint MT2 uses 333GB per-platter tech and in addition to storing large amounts of data, the drive ensures better performance and [...]

  Samsung has unveiled Spinpoint MP4 hard drive targeted at high performance seeking notebook users. The 2.5-inch HDD comes in capacities of up to 640GB, runs at a speed of 7,200RPM and claims to have an improved 30 percent data processing speed. The Spinpoint MP4 supports SATA interface, 16MB buffer memory and features Dynamic Balancing, [...]

  Samsung will be adding a new storage capacity option to its Spinpoint M7 series. The 640GB HDD in a 2.5-inch form factor will boast an areal density of 516Gb (Gigabit) per square inch per platter, which is a 28 percent increase over Samsung’s 500GB M7 HDD. With the increase in areal density, the need [...]

  Samsung has announced a 3.5-inch 1TB Spinpoint F3 HDD that uses two platters instead of the usual three. 500GB on each platter means increase in areal density, faster data access and enhances performance by up to 30 percent. In addition to this, less number of mechanical parts also increases its reliability towards data failure. [...]

  Samsung has announced a new hard drive to cater to the 1.8-inch external HDD market. The Spinpoint N3U comes in capacities of up to 250GB and instead of adding a bridge circuit board to convert the PATA interface to USB, the new drives integrate the USB controller right on its printed circuit board. With [...]

  Samsung has unveiled Spinpoint M7 hard drives that come with a shock operation tolerance of 400G/2ms. Apart from withstanding shocks of greater magnitude, the drives are 18 percent faster than conventional 2.5-inch HDDs. It runs at 5400RPM and features 3.0Gbps SATA interface, 8MB cache, SilentSeek and NoiseGuard technologies and comes in capacities ranging from [...]