Samsung announced this week that it has begun shipping the world's
first 500GB 2.5" mobile hard drive. The Spinpoint M6 consists of three 167GB platters and features a 5400rpm spindle speed, an 8MB cache
and 3.0Gbps SATA interface.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital consumer electronics and
information technology, announced today that it is shipping the world's first half-terabyte (500GB) 2.5" mobile hard drive - the new
Spinpoint M6. The Spinpoint M6 is designed to fit the industry's standard 9.5mm height dimension and armed with a massive 500GB
capacity, the drive is targeted to meet the growing storage needs of today's notebook computers as well as slim form factor PCs and high
density mobile applications.
"Our customers require more and more notebook storage for their data, video and music files", said
Andy Higginbotham, director of hard drive sales and marketing, Samsung Semiconductor. "Our Spinpoint M6 easily fits within notebook PCs
with no modification to the notebook PC chassis, giving users more storage power than ever before."
Samsung's new Spinpoint M6
consists of three 167GB platters in a 2.5" hard drive frame measuring just 9.5mm in height. This critical feature gives notebook PC
manufacturers the option of easily integrating the Spinpoint M6 into the tens of millions of notebook PCs that ship every
quarter.
The Spinpoint M6 is available now for a suggested retail price of $299. Full details can be found here.
