Rather than focusing on the relatively expensive and storage-shy all-flash hard drive movement, Seagate Technology is taking an intermediary step to mass produce a new line of hybrid hard drives — the Momentus 5400 PSD. The new drives combine both flash-based memory with traditional disc drives to offer a combination of benefits. Traditional disc drives for laptops tend to offer large storage capacities — 120 GB and 160 GB drives are now common. However, all that disc-based storage can suck laptop batteries dry.
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New Hybrid Hard Drive Aims to Lighten Load for Laptop Batteries
Posted by: Chris Maxcer October 8, 2007 11:56 AMRather than focusing on the relatively expensive and storage-shy all-flash hard drive movement, Seagate Technology is taking an intermediary step to mass produce a new line of hybrid hard drives — the Momentus 5400 PSD. The new drives combine both flash-based memory with traditional disc drives to offer a combination of benefits. Traditional disc drives for laptops tend to offer large storage capacities — 120 GB and 160 GB drives are now common. However, all that disc-based storage can suck laptop batteries dry.