WD launches 1TB hard drive the world's thinnest

The style is notebooks finer. The hard disk manufacturers are forced to reduce also the thickness of their products and we saw successively out discs 7 mm in height and 5 mm in height (such as Ultrathin Laptop Seagate announced this morning). But this delicacy has a cost: it is not possible to multiply the platters inside the disk, which limits the total capacity. Fortunately researchers manufacturers continue to find ways to increase the density trays or reduce their thickness and today, WD (Western Digital subsidiary) has a 1TB hard drive and only 7 mm.

He was baptized WD10SPCX, it is part of the WD Blue range, has 16 MB cache, uses a SATA 6 / s Gbit interface (via a standard connector) and rotates at 5400 rev / min. Its data sheet mentions a maximum throughput of 140MB / s, similar to that deliver thicker discs. Noise is measured at 20 dBA and 21 dBA at rest in activity, which ranks among the quietest drives.

Availability is announced as immediate from retailers a suggested retail price of  139$. As usual, the fine is paid expensive, but this disc does not directly focus the end user. Major manufacturers choosing their utlrabooks, tablets or ultraportables should benefit most suitable rates.