21.04.2008 11:35 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

Western Digital Introduces the Velociraptor

Last week we were mentioning the new HD from Hitachi, bringing both speed and larger storage space (450 GB spinning at 15,000 rpm), and competing with the current Raptor offer. Well, Western Digital’s answer did not take long to come, as the company introduced today its new high-end and high performance HD, named Velociraptor. Surprisingly, WD decided to use 2.5" plates in a 3.5" format enclosure, with a 1.5cm thickness. The space saved with 2.5" plates is then used by a system aiming to cool the core of the drive. Despite its small size format, the Velociraptor features 300 GB of storage space with transfer data speed reaching 120 MB/s and access time raging from 4.2 to 4.7 ms. As its predecessor, it spins at 10,000 rpm and sports 16 MB of cache. Its price should be around 300 USD and its availability is expected in May. [translation by Linathael]

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