Hitachi-LG Data Storage have agreed to plead guilty in connection with rigging bids and fixing prices for sales of optical
disc drives and will pay a US$21.1 million fine, the U.S.
In Europe, 18 per cent of all hard
disc drive business is already from this region.
"Seagate's Savvio enterprise-class 2.5-inch small form factor
disc drive is the result of extensive research with HP and other leaders interested in solving end-user IT challenges to improve IOPS performance, consolidate space, and reduce power consumption," said Sherman Black, Seagate Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Storage.
The
disc drive itself measures 5.6cm x 3.4cm x 0.75cm and is intended for use in portable devices such as digital cameras, handhelds and cell phones.
Consumer electronics company Philips has revealed a new prototype
disc drive that uses a 3cm disc with a 1GB storage capacity.
"Microsoft's successful launch of the Xbox video game system can certainly be attributed in part to the excellent qualification cycle that occurred with Seagate's U Series
disc drives," said Todd Holmdahl, general manager of Xbox Hardware at Microsoft.
About 70% of the firm's sales are generated from
disc drives, classified into half-height and slim models, for IT products, like PCs, while the remainder from models for automobiles and TV game consoles and digital photo frames.
NCQ on a
disc drive uses a similar approach to stage and move data commands with high efficiency.
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