Seagate ships first 3.5-inch Perpendicular drive

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by bit-tech

Seagate are expected to announce later today the release of the first 3.5-inch desktop hard drive employing Perpendicular Recording (PR), boosting both capacity and speed. The announcement follows the release of their 2.5" PR drive for laptops earlier this year.

The Seagate Cheetah 15K.5, as the drive is to be known, dwarfs the current generation 15K.4 family. Perpendicular Recording technology has allowed Seagate to double areal density to 73GB per platter for up to 300GB per drive.

Both drives spin at a blistering 15,000rpm but as a result of stacking bits closer together, the sustained transfer rate on the Cheetah 15K.5 increases approximately 30%, reaching a blistering 125MB per second.

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I just can't wait until they start making some typical SATA desktop drives like this!!! :shock:

[simple_inhibition]

for real! then we'll start to finally see the benefits of SATA150 and SATA3.0GB/S other than the thinner cables! i cant wait for those drives!

[fps justin]

thats insane LOL.