Hitachi Launches 500GB, 7200 RPM Travelstar 7k500 2.5" HDD

Posted 09/01/2009 at 5:36am | by Paul Lilly

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Mobile road warriors looking to squeeze the most performance possible out of their notebooks can plop a pair of high octane SSDs into the chassis and empty their Paypal account in the process, or choose from a growing number of high performance, 7200 RPM hard drives in 2.5-inch form. Enter Hitachi, who today started shipping its fifth-generation 7200 RPM mobile hard disk: Hitachi Travelstar 7k500.

"Portable PC shipment growth continues to be one of the most significant market drivers underpinning 2.5-inch disk drive demand, and is a major reason why IDC expects the 2.5-inch mobile HDD market will grow at a 16.8 percent 2008-2013 compound annual growth rate," said John Rydning, research director for hard disk drives at IDC.

Over its predecessor, Hitachi claims the 7k500 supercharges performance up to 16 percent while offering up to 56 percent more capacity. On the energy efficiency front, the 7k500 draws just 0.69W at idle and 1.8W during read and write operations, Hitachi says.

The new series in available in 120GB, 160GB, 250GB, and 500GB capacities and is shipping to top tier OEMs now.

Hitachi via Engadget