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640GB 3.5-Inch HDD From WD on Two Platters at $140

The manufacturer already produces a 320GB drive with one magnetic disk. When a 3-platter platform approaching 1TB?

WD
announced today that it is now shipping in volume its WD Caviar SE16 640 GB
3.5-inch hard drives based on 320 GB-per-platter technology — a platform that
it has been shipping since January 2008 and is serving as the foundation of
all of the company’s 3.5-inch drive families.

Ideal for data-intensive applications, high-performance computing and
multimedia systems, the WD Caviar SE16 640 GB drives deliver high performance
with their extreme areal density, 3 Gb/s transfer rate, and Native Command
Queuing (NCQ). Its two-platter design promotes cool, quiet operation in a
high-capacity drive.

"The 640 GB capacity point will be an important one for our desktop
customers, and WD is leading high-volume shipments to the channel and OEM
customers,
" said Don Bennett, general manager and vice president of WD’s
desktop business unit. "Two-platter hard drives have always been the perfect
balance of value, capacity and performance for many of our customers. Today’s
common two-platter drives are limited to 500 GB, but we are expanding capacity
by 28 percent on the same design with WD’s leading technology heads and
disks.
"

The 320 GB-per-platter technology is being deployed across WD’s desktop,
enterprise, consumer electronics and external hard drive product lines,
including additional capacity points, throughout this calendar year.

The WD Caviar family of 3.5-inch desktop hard drives delivers high
performance with 3 Gb/s transfer rate, Native Command Queuing (NCQ), and cool
operating temperatures and quiet operation, enabling customers to integrate WD
products in the most demanding desktop and external storage environments.


Price and Availability

WD Caviar SE16 640 GB (model WD6400AAKS) hard drives may be ordered on the
company’s online store and through select distributors
and resellers. Manufacturer’s Suggest Retail Price (MSRP) for the WD Caviar
SE16 640 GB is $139.99 USD.

Western Digital Corp.

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