Samsung Shipping 320GB 2.5-Inch HDD

Samsung Electronics Ltd. announced its high capacity
2.5" hard disk drive, the new Spinpoint M6 featuring 320GB of storage
capacity. The new Spinpoint M6 HM320JI is a SATA hard drive designed
for notebook PCs, as well as slim PCs and blade servers. With its
ultra-high 320GB capacity, the Spinpoint M6 can store the most content
of any 2.5" drive and is ideal for notebook users who need large
storage space for videos, photos, music and multiple multimedia
applications.

"As 2.5" hard drives move further beyond traditional notebook PCs
and into more consumer electronics and enterprise applications, we have
the storage solutions and higher capacity drives to meet all the needs
of businesses and consumers," said Andy Higginbotham, director of hard
drive sales and marketing, Samsung Semiconductor. "With its massive
320GB capacity, the Spinpoint M6 can store 91,000 digital images,
100-hours of DVD movies, and 38-hours of HD movies."

Created to thrive in the toughest environments where notebook PCs
are used, the Spinpoint M6 provides superb reliability. It utilizes
perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology, and the disk drive
design has been optimized to allow ultra-precision adjustment of the
head parking ramp position for high-density recording. The Spinpoint M6
features an optional Free-Fall Sensor that protects data from
accidental drops and includes an optional Rotary Vibration Controller
that minimizes the influence of external vibration.

The Spinpoint M6 has been developed to meet the most stringent
environmental demands of notebook PC and portable consumer electronics,
where minimal noise and low power consumption is critical. Samsung’s
Spinpoint M6 hard drives operate between 2.6Bel and 2.4Bel in idle
mode.

Samsung’s new 320GB model greatly expands the storage capacity of
notebook PCs in line with the surging growth of multimedia content and
the rapidly evolving mobile environment. The M6 Series features a
5,400rpm spindle speed, 1.5Gbps SATA interface and 8MB cache memory.

The M6 Series is currently available with a $249 MSRP.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.