Posted on Thursday, May 20 2010 @ 0:50 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
FUD Zilla
writes Seagate has designed a new line of hybrid hard disks with 4GB of SLC NAND memory:
A few years back Samsung pioneered the hybrid hard drive concept, but the idea failed to catch on with OEMs and consumers alike. However, the concept seems sound, and Seagate seems eager to give it another go. The company has prepared a new series of hybrid drives and this time around they sound a bit more tempting than a couple of years back.
The 2.5-inch Momentus XT series will ship with 4GB of fast SLC NAND. In addition, all drives will feature 32MB of cache and they will run at 7200rpm, but they are limited to SATA 3Gbps. It appears Seagate will offer three capacities: 250GB for €92, 320GB for €100 and 500GB for €124. Sounds a bit pricey, as regular 2.5-inch 7200rpm drives are usually 40 to 60 percent cheaper depending on their capacity.
