by Anna Filatova
05/28/2002 | 11:08 PM
Samsung Electronics announced that they started shipping HDDs with 60GB platters aka SpinPoint V60 series.
The new HDDs boast 5,400rpm spindle rotation speed, 2MB cache, and provide 8.9ns access time. The HDDs support Ultra ATA/100 interface. Moreover, the developers implemented a special noise reducing technology. This product family will include two models with different storage capacity: 60GB (1 platter, 2 heads) and 120GB (2 platters, 4 heads). At first, these drives will be shipped only to the OEM customers. The prices and retail sales schedule haven’t yet been reported.