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Seagate Launches Barracuda ATA V disc

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Barracuda ATA V will also offer a native Serial ATA interface - a faster,

simpler, more intelligent technology designed to replace today’s Parallel ATA

hard drive interface.

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ATA V will begin shipping next month with the Ultra ATA/100 interface; the

native serial ATA option will be available this fall. Seagate and Intel are

demonstrating the Barracuda ATA V with its native Serial ATA interface this week

at PC Expo in New York.

Barracuda ATA V builds on the proven technology of its extremely successful

and reliable predecessor, ATA IV. The new disc drive is ideal for

high-performance PCs, home entertainment PCs, NAS and entry-level ATA servers.

It V a PC hard drive internal transfer rate of 570 Mbits per second and a 9-msec

seek time. The Ultra ATA/100 version features a 2-Mbyte cache, and the Serial

ATA version will sport an 8-Mbyte cache, the largest on any PC hard drive.

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Seagate’s patented Soft-Sonic Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor makes the

fast 7,200-rpm Barracuda ATA V almost too quiet to hear, using the same

technology that made Barracuda ATA IV the first virtually silent PC drive. And

with Seagate’s exclusive 3D Defense System, Barracuda ATA V offers the best

combination of performance, quiet operation and ruggedness.

Soon, Barracuda ATA V will feature native Serial ATA technology. Seagate’s

native technology enables Serial ATA’s full 150-Mbytes-per-second transfer

speed and adds no excess components or slow overhead to reduce performance.

Seagate will first ship the Barracuda ATA V with standard Ultra ATA/100

interface and will then offer its native Serial ATA version in a few months.

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