Hitachi GST Unleashes 2.5-inch, 7200rpm 500GB HDD
Hitachi GST is shipping its fifth-generation Travelstar™ 7K500 is a 500GB, 2.5-inch, 3Gb/s SATA drive. It is designed for energy efficiency with low power consumption at 0.69 watts idle power and 1.8 watts during read/write operations. Travelstar 7K500 is now shipping in limited quantities to top tier OEMs. Volume shipments will begin this month. Hitachi will offer an enhanced-availability (EA) version, available in 160GB to 500GB capacities in November ‘09.
