macnn/electronista
03/04/2008, 4:30pm, EST
Tuesday, March 4thSamsung ships 2.5-inch 500GB hard drive
South Korea's Samsung has announced the release of a new hard drive, what it is calling the world's first 2.5-inch hard drive to reach a 500GB capacity. Although it fits into the standard 0.37-inch vertical space reserved for notebook disks, it nevertheless uses three stacked 167GB platters, spinning at 5,400rpm. An 8MB buffer is present, and it interfaces with systems using a 3Gbps SATA connection. Pricing is $299.

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Other story tags: Samsung, HDD, hard drives
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