Seagate Thinks Tablets Can Use HDD, Not Only Flash

Seagate Technology PLC is delivering hard disk drive storage for the world’s first handheld tablet computers with hard drives. The Archos G9 8- and 10-inch tablets, announced in Paris, feature the Seagate Momentus Thin hard drive, a notebook drive with a slim 7mm profile.

        
Archos 10 G9

The performance and capacity of the Momentus Thin drive are a complement for the speed of the Archos G9 family of tablets that features dual-core 1.5 GHz processor and, on the strength of the Momentus Thin drive, gives users 250GB of capacity, eight times more than a standard 32GB tablet but at the same cost, making the Archos G9 one of the tablet industry’s best cost-performance values.

Archos 80 G9, the 8-inch product, and Archos 101 G9, the 10-inch model, are scheduled to be available in late September. Estimated MSRPs for the Archos 80 G9 and Archos 101 GB tablets are $279 and $349, respectively, compared to competitive tablets starting at $499.

"Seagate continues to break new ground in the development of products and technologies that matter most to customers by delivering the Momentus Thin drive for these powerful Archos tablets," said Rocky Pimentel, Seagate Chief Sales and Marketing Officer. "The Momentus Thin drive gives tablet buyers a compelling option, providing great storage capacity and performance that dovetail with the processing power of the new Archos products for great Android and multimedia experiences."

The Seagate Momentus Thin hard drive is for tablet computers and other ultra-portables, entry-level to high-performance laptop PCs, and slim consumer electronics devices.

The 2.5-inch hard drive with a 7mm profile features:

• Seagate SmartAlign technology to smooth the transition to 4K sectors without the need for software utilities
• 320GB, 250GB and 160GB capacities
• 7200RPM and 5400RPM spin speeds with 16MB of cache
• Optional: Government-grade encryption to protect computer data where it lives – on the hard drive – for powerful data security. (The Momentus Thin drive is FIPS 140-2 certified, delivering government-grade encryption, and conforms to the Trusted Computing Group Opal specification, developed to enable the ecosystem for self-encrypting drives and increase their adoption.)

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