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[Seagate] Seagate's Samsung HDD Division Ships World's Thinnest 2TB Storage Solution

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CUPERTINO, CA - Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) today announced that its Samsung® HDD division is shipping the new 2.5-inch Spinpoint™ M9T, which at 9.5 mm thin is the world's thinnest 2TB hard drive. Offered in capacities of 1.5TB and 2TB, the Spinpoint M9T mobile drive gives OEMs, channel system integrators and consumers a thin, high-capacity storage solution ideal for external storage, notebook integration and upgrades, desktop, and gaming system applications.

"The M9T combines the highest areal density shipping in a single storage device with an innovative design that fits into mainstream notebook applications. While other 2TB are solutions on the market are 15 mm thick, the vast majority of mobile devices are designed to use a 9.5 mm drive; with the M9T, those devices can now have 2TB of storage, enabling a richer computing experience," said Dave Frankovich, senior product line manager, Samsung HDD.

"Samsung HDD with the new Spinpoint M9T continues to lead the effort in aerial density in a small form factor to supply our channel partners and customers with the highest-capacity and thinnest storage solution in the market," said Doug DeHaan, general manager, Samsung HDD division. "With consumer demand for storage capacity continuing to grow in mobile applications, the M9T answers this demand and is positioned to fulfill capacity needs in virtually any application."
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They fit four platters in a single 9.5mm drive? Either that, or areal density has increased by 33%. I would like to see how it holds up to the stress and wear of being in a laptop. Seeing this and the 7-platter drive from Hitachi (and their 9.5mm 1.5TB drive to a lesser extent) are quite promising for the future of HDDs.
 
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Really exited that HDD are still going strong. More so then when they where the only form of storage. SSD seems to me like it has slowed down quite a bit. I speed $140 for my Intel 80GB SSD more then 3 year ago and still cant bring myself to upgrade it.
 
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Originally Posted by ZealotKi11er View Post

Really exited that HDD are still going strong. More so then when they where the only form of storage. SSD seems to me like it has slowed down quite a bit. I speed $140 for my Intel 80GB SSD more then 3 year ago and still cant bring myself to upgrade it.
I am thinking of changing the hdd in my laptop to a sshd.
 
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Originally Posted by bencher View Post

Does it really matter if you are not seeing the drive?
Well the reason I'll be replacing the HD in the PS4 is because of capacity, they come with a 500gb HD and from what i've been seeing around with the size of the game installs, 500gb is going to get filled pretty fast. I got a 750gb HD on my PS3 at the moment and its like 60% full, it's more of a piece of mind thing I guess.
 
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Originally Posted by akromatic View Post

if they can make them thin then why not put that effort into making it standard sized again by adding capacity where people actually care about rather then oh its so thin its so shiny and pretty
people care about weight as well. Tis one of the reasons why ultrabook/sleekbook/chromebook is working, its because people want a light laptop/netbook to do their work.
 
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Originally Posted by akromatic View Post

if they can make them thin then why not put that effort into making it standard sized again by adding capacity where people actually care about rather then oh its so thin its so shiny and pretty
That is a standard sized drive actually. 2.5" drives have a varying thickness from 5mm to 15mm.

9.5mm became the standard thickness of a 2.5" hard drive for use in laptops and small form factor computers. 1tb laptop drives have been thicker than that as more platters were needed, typically 12.5mm. We now have 2Tb 2.5" drives in the "standard" 9.5mm thickness thanks to improvements in areal densities of disk platters.
 
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