Samsung Intros HD103UI EcoGreen F1 1TB ‘Low Power’ Hard Disk Drive [Offers 50% Less Power Consumption Than Standard 1TB HDDs]

Samsung have announced the latest hard disk drive in their EcoGreen range in the form of the HD103UI EcoGreen F1 1TB hard disk drive which, according to Samsung, can be used as both an internal unit and external unit for desktops and offers up to 50% reduced power consumption in comparison to standard 1TB HDDs and around 15% less power than other low-powered 1TB HDDs.

Introduced by T.J. Lee, vice president of sales & marketing for Samsung Electronics’ Storage Division, Samsung’s new 5400rpm, 3.0Gbps SATA EcoGreen F1 1TB hard disk drive offers the highest capacity per disk for one terabyte hard drives, at 334GB per platter, this reducing the number of components required whilst also serving to increase the drive speed, leading to improved performance regardless of the drive’s reduced power requirements. Additionally the new EcoGreen F1 1TB hard disk drive also comes with SilentSeek and NoiseGuard technologies ensuring quiet operation and a ‘reinforced flying on demand (FOD) technology controls the distance between the disk and the head, a safety measure to protect the head and raise the stability of data stored on the disk’.

Samsung EcoGreen F1 1TB HDD Features:

• Max. 334GB Formatted Capacity per Disk
• Serial ATA 3.0Gbps Interface Support
• Improved recording stability over temperature with PMR
• Advanced dynamic FOD control for best data integrity
• Intelligent compensation of external disturbance
• SATA Native Command Queuing Feature
• Device Initiated SATA Power Management
• Staggerd Spin-up Support
• Environment friendly product with RoHS compliance
• Improved performance with dual-ARM based firmware
• ATA S.M.A.R.T. Compliant
• ATA Automatic Acoustic Management Feature
• ATA 48-bit Address Feature
• ATA Device Configuration Overlay Feature
• NoiseGuard
• SilentSeek

The EcoGreen F1 1TB HDD is aimed squarely at desktops as opposed to notebooks – where the slightest conservation in power can reap extremely positive results in terms of battery life, and therefore notebook endurance – however we be extremely surprised if a 2.5” notebook-friendly version of the EcoGreen F1 1TB HDD is not in the works at the point of writing.

According to Samsung’s press release, the EcoGreen F1 1TB HDD will become available in the second quarter of ’08 and will retail for just shy of $200.

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