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HITACHI READIES INDUSTRY'S FASTEST MOBILE-CLASS HARD DRIVE

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is the first to offer customers an enhanced-availability 7200 RPM mobile-class hard drive for 24x7 environments. The combination of speed and endurance on Hitachi's new Travelstar E7K60 gives users an industrial-strength 2.5-inch hard drive to take on demanding data-access cycles typical of blade-server, Internet data center, Web hosting, server pre-processing and telephony applications.

Users who require high data-availability can take advantage of the "always on" characteristic of Hitachi's new drive to access their data more quickly and readily. Users will also benefit from the E7K60's more aggressive read/write duty cycle of up to 50 percent -- which represents more than twice the usage cycle of standard mobile drives.

"The Travelstar E7K60 is a unique and powerful blend of precision and function, which makes it a critical component for an emerging class of performance- and data-intensive applications," said Bill Healy, general manager, Mobile Business Unit, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies.

The E7K60's 2.5-inch footprint provides added benefits to users, including minimal heat emission for optimal performance, low-power consumption, and small form factor for compact environments. The drives begin shipping to customers today.

Technical Specifications:

Travelstar E7K60

• 60 GB
• 9.5 mm in height
• 7,200 rpm
• 50 billion bits per square inch maximum areal density
• 2 glass disk platters
• 4 GMR recording heads
• 1000 G/1ms non-operating shock,
• 200 G/2ms operating shock
• 4.2 ms average latency
• 10 ms average seek time
• ATA-6 (IDE) 100 MB/sec maximum interface transfer rate Ultra DMA (mode-5)
• 115 weight in grams
• 2.7 Bels typical idle acoustics
• 3.3 Bels typical operating acoustics
• Ambient temperature (operating) 5-40 deg C
• 732 power-on hours per month
• 50 percent duty cycle