The $400 unit is due out next month and a $350 400GB model will be available
shortly afterwards.
The Travelstar 5K500 is intended for use in 'slim' desktops, gaming consoles
and full-featured notebooks, and represents the fourth-generation Hitachi mobile
drive to use perpendicular magnetic recording technology.
New features include Rotational Vibration Safeguard, which the company claims
serves as an "early warning" system'
The technology allows the drive to detect rotational vibrations that can
cause disk read or write errors and make the necessary corrections.
The Travelstar 5K500 also includes 400G shock protection and comes with an
optional 3Gbps Serial ATA interface.
Taiwanese notebook manufacturer
Asus has
co-announced the availability of a striped Raid configuration that will offer
1TB of storage featuring Hitachi's 500GB drive.
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