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 reliability. The MT2 gives about 20% more read/write performance and 4% less power consumption when compared to the competition. Additionally, the drive has a shock resistance of 400G (2ms) during operation and 800G (1ms) when the drive is powered off.

The MT2 spins at 5400RPM and supports SATA 3.0Gbps interface, SilentSeek, NoiseGuard, 8MB buffer and Native Command Queuing.

The MT2 is also available in 750GB capacity.

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, SilentSeek and NoiseGuard technologies.

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 for adding extra platter is eliminated, thus increasing storage capacity and stability while reducing mechanical parts and power consumption.

The 5400RPM Spinpoint M7 supports 3Gbps SATA interface, 8MB cache memory and is equipped with SilentSeek and NoiseGuard to reduce noise levels and shock resistance of 400G and 900G under operation or powered off mode respectively.

Samsung will ship the drive in Europe and US starting mid-September for $150 while rest of the markets will get from late September.

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.

The drive spins at 7200RPM, supports 3.0Gbps SATA interface, 16/32MB buffer and incorporates SilentSeek and NoiseGuard for quiet operation.

The 1TB Spinpoint F3 will start shipping from August and a single platter 500GB F3 will ship later on.

PS: Not an actual image of F3.

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 no conversion of interface, the N3U drives consume less power, give better performance and also reduce the chances of failure due to loose cable connections.

The Spinpoint N3U drives come in storage options of 120-, 160-, 200- and 250-GB, supports USB 2.0 interface, 3600RPM, 8MB cache memory and can withstand drops up to 50cm and shock incident up to 1500G.

The drives will start shipping to OEMs from mid-July for around $199.

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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 250GB to 500GB.

Samsung will be shipping these drives to US and Europe from this month followed by other regions.

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