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| Samsung One Terabyte HDD with Low Power Consumption Samsung Electronics announces that its F1 series 1 terabyte hard disk drive is shipping. With the world's highest recording density using only three disks, the new Serial ATA 3.5" F1 Series drives running at 7,200rpm are designed for enterprise environments, personal video recorders, desktop PCs and other external storage applications. The F1 Series incorporates a wide range of proprietary technologies to achieve increased performance and lower power consumption. The three-disk structure provides a higher data storage density per platter, resulting in faster data processing speeds when compared with other 1TB drives. The optimized electronics and power saving modes reduce power consumption and resulting heat dissipation, making the F1 the coolest operating 1TB drive on the market. Under the same test conditions with similar drives, the F1 Series uses the lowest power, just an average of 6.7 watts in idle mode and an average of 7.2 watts in random seek mode. In addition, the drive operates at just 2.7 Bell in idle mode. In addition, Samsung's SilentSeek technology reduces overall noise and vibration emanating from the drive, ensuring whisper-quiet operation. Perpendicular Magnetic Recording with Samsung's Flying on Demand head technology improves recording stability over changing temperature ranges. By using three disks instead of five, Samsung's 1TB drive offers higher reliability from the fewer components inside. The F1 Series drive features a 334GB per-platter capacity, a 7200RPM spindle speed, a 32MB cache, and an MTBF of up to 1.2 million hours. The F1 Series offers high reliability for enterprise requirements and is optimized for RAID applications. It features a SATA 3Gb/s interface with native command queuing and many additional SATA features. Its performance is further enhanced through Samsung's optimized firmware system, a rotational vibration sensor for vibration tolerance, and an optimized system-on-chip controller that lowers power consumption. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Computing News :: home page |