The new 2.5-in Ultrastar C10K900 hard drive is also available in 600GB, 450GB and 300GB versions.
The unveiling comes just days after Hirachi had announced panasonic laptop batteries uk that it now expects the deal to sell its GST hard drive business to Western Digital to close in March 2012, some four months later than initially planned due to delays in obtaining approval from the apple laptop batteries uk European Commission and other regulatory agencies.
In March, Western Digital had announced the dv1000 battery agreement to acquire Hitachi GST in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $4.3 billion. The deal was first projected to close this month.
Hitachi claims the new C10K900 hard drive is the hp pavilion dv1000 battery fastest available in its class. It has sustained hp pavilion dv4000 battery sequential read/write speeds as fast as198MB/sec and 117MB/sec, respectively, Hitachi said, adding that it doesn't disclose random read/write speeds.
Hitachi did not disclose pricing for the new drive.
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The new drive uses a serial-attached SCSI (SAS) 6Gbps interface and has 64MB of cache optimize the hp pavillion dv9000 battery read/write response time, Hitachi said. The new drive features average seek times as hp dv6700 battery low as 3.8 milliseconds, and its fast rotational speed reduces average latency time to below 3.0 milliseconds.
The Ultrastar C10K900 drive family includes an optional hp pavillion dv4 battery encryption feature that uses the company's Enterprise A Security Subsystem Class encryption specification and allow customers to reduce costs associated with drive retirement and extend drive hp pavillion dv5 battery life by enabling swift and secure repurposing of drives, Hitachi said.
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Hitachi GST is now shipping Ultrastar C10K900 qualification units to system manufacturers. Volume shipments are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2012.
