Samsung Develops SpinPoint M5 HDD Series for Consumer Devices

Apr 17, 2007 11:35 Nikkei Electronics Asia

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd of Korea has announced its 160GB hard drive using 2.5-inch disks. Capacity of the single-disk platform ranges between 60 and 160GB, while a dual-disk model is under development that will provide up to 250GB of storage space. The company has already shipped test samples of the SpinPoint M5 series to OEM vendors and plans to begin mass production mid-April.

The SpinPoint M5 series 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 250GB model to follow will greatly expand the storage capacity of mobile products, in step with the surging growth of multimedia content and the rapidly changing mobile environment. The weight of the 160GB hard drive has also been reduced by approximately 4% from 98.66g to 94.83g, helping manufacturers to lighten their finished products.

The M5 series has been developed specifically for portable consumer electronics, where the key to success lies in controlling noise, vibration and power consumption. The company's SpinPoint M5 hard drives are 15% quieter and use 5% less energy than other models with the same storage capacity. The low-noise, low-power features are attractive to notebook or tablet PC users.

The SpinPoint M5 hard drives feature a 5,400rpm spin rate, 1.5Gbps SATA interface and 8MB cache memory. PATA models will be added to the lineup in May.

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