Seagate makes mobile SSHD third generation and the first desktop SSHD

Seagate Technology has continued to advance the technology of hybrid drives (solid state hybrid drive, SSHD), which combine the best features of hard disk drives and solid state drives.

Manufacturer announced the immediate availability of third-generation SSHD Seagate Laptop SSHD 9.5 mm and Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD thickness of 7 mm, designed for mobile computers. In addition, the list of new products - the first hybrid drive for desktop Seagate Desktop SSHD.

According to the company, combining high performance and capacity of SSD HDD, the new drives are superior to their predecessors by up to 40%, being able to provide an increase overall system performance by up to 30%, regardless of what the processor is included in its configuration. As stated, Seagate SSHD can beat five times the performance "standard notebook drive" at a speed of 5400 rev / min.

As for Desktop SSHD, the superiority of this drive over a conventional hard disk performance up to four times.

Laptop SSHD volume is 1 TB, Laptop Thin SSHD - 500 GB, Desktop SSHD - 1 or 2 TB. The configuration of each model includes 8 GB of flash memory NAND. Drives have SATA 6 Gb / s.

Source: Seagate