Removable storage uses orthogonal recording technology

Seagate Company (USA) first applied perpendicular method to mobile hard drive for Momentus laptop 2.5 inch, 5400 rpm, USB 2.0 and 160 GB capacity. .

New technology, recording data bits vertically, allows for a 30% increase in storage capacity compared to the same type of hard drive currently on the market (120 GB) produced by the horizontal recording method The current.

Seagate's new product is small, weighs less than 0.5 kg and supports a data transfer rate of 480 Mbps.

Seagate also introduced a 500 GB, 3.5 inch version for SATA hard drives. This product line uses horizontal recording technology with SATA 3 Gb / sec interface. Theoretically, if switched to orthogonal method, the drive will be able to increase storage capacity up to 650 GB.

The 160 GB removable hard drive will appear on the market in February at a retail price of $ 379, while the SATA Drive PushButton 500 GB is expected to be released in April but the price has not been announced.