Dec 19
Samsung Ships 320GB 2.5-inch Hard Drive for Mobile and Enterprise Applications
SAN JOSE, Calif –BUSINESS WIRE– Dec 19, `07 — Samsung Electronics announced today its high capacity 2.5-inch hard drive, the new Spinpoint M6 featuring 320GB of storage capacity.
The new Spinpoint M6 HM320JI is a SATA hard drive designed for notebook PCs, as well as slim PCs and blade servers. With its ultra-high 320GB capacity, the Spinpoint M6 can store the most content of any 2.5” drive and is ideal for notebook users who need large storage space for videos, photos, music and multiple multimedia applications.
Created to thrive in the toughest environments where notebook PCs are used, the Spinpoint M6 provides superb reliability. It utilizes perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology, and the disk drive design has been optimized to allow ultra-precision adjustment of the head parking ramp position for high-density recording. The Spinpoint M6 features an optional Free-Fall Sensor that protects data from accidental drops and includes an optional Rotary Vibration Controller that minimizes the influence of external vibration.
The Spinpoint M6 has been developed to meet the most stringent environmental demands of notebook PC and portable consumer electronics, where minimal noise and low power consumption is critical. Samsung’s Spinpoint M6 hard drives operate between 2.6Bel and 2.4Bel in idle mode.
The M6 Series features a 5,400rpm spindle speed, 1.5Gbps SATA interface and 8MB cache memory. The M6 Series is currently available with a $249 MSRP (where? only - the Worst (non-existent) On the Planet Samsung-PR - knows ). Can’t find it at Samsung Global Hard Disk Drive page or anywhere at Samsung, except user manual.