The first 1.5 TB hard drive

Seagate reported on the release of the world's first 1.5 TB hard drive for the desktop. The maximum capacity of disks at once increased by one and a half times: from one to one and a half terabytes. Thus, the Barracuda 7200.11 model marks the biggest leap in disk capacity over the 50-year history of HDD.

At the same time, Seagate has released a 500GB HDD for laptops. Both drives are based on perpendicular magnetic recording technology (PMR).

The Winchester Barracuda 7200.11 consists of four plates, and the Serial ATA 3 Gb / s interface guarantees data transfer rates of 120 MB / s
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Deliveries of winchesters and a half terabytes will begin in August 2008. Winchesters for laptops will be available in the IV quarter. 2008