Seagate launches hybrid hard drive

New Delhi

October 12th, 2007

Seagate Technology has begun shipping in volume hybrid notebook disc drives
that combine disc storage with flash memory to deliver power efficiency, faster
boot-ups and greater reliability for the exploding laptop PC market.

"With instant access to content an increasingly essential part of the
digital lifestyle, laptop users expect systems with snappy response, longer
battery life and new levels of durability," said Tom Major, Seagate VP,
Personal Compute Business. "Seagate is delivering in volume worldwide the
best of two worlds - hard disc drives and flash memory - to enable laptop PCs
with capabilities and tighten the connection between users and their
information."

The new Momentus 5400 PSD hard drive suits laptop users who want faster
systems. It uses non-volatile cache, or flash memory, to deliver the benefits of
solid state disc drives. The Momentus hard drive places commonly used hard drive
data onto a large 256MB flash memory to deliver these capabilities:

"We're thrilled Seagate is bringing to market hybrid hard drives that take
full advantage of Windows Vista," said Dennis Moulton, product manager of
Windows Client marketing at Microsoft. "We're excited about the
productivity gains this helps bring to our customers in combination with Windows
Vista."