MEMORY UPGRADES

Highlights

100GB maximum capacity
Power dissipation comparable to 4200 rpm
Outstanding operating and non-operating shock
Doubling of industry standard load/unload cycles to 600,000
Enhancements to mechanical and electrical design
Supports both Parallel ATA and Serial ATA interfaces
RoHS compliant

Configuration Parallel-ATA Serial-ATA

Interface ATA-6 Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s
Capacity (GB)2 100 / 80 / 60 / 40
Sector size (Bytes) 512
Recording zones 16
Data heads (physical) 4 / 4 / 3 / 2
Data disks 2 / 2 / 2 / 1
Max. areal density (Gbits/sq. inch) 86 / 70 / 70 / 70

Performance
Data buffer (MB)3 8
Rotational speed (RPM) 7200
Latency average (ms) 5.5
Media transfer rate (Mbits/sec, max) 493
Interface transfer rate (MB/sec, max) 100 Ultra DMA mode-5
150
16.6 PIO mode-4
Seek time (typical)
Average (ms) 12

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