{"id":14699,"date":"2011-08-10T17:30:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T07:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=14699"},"modified":"2011-08-10T17:30:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T07:30:08","slug":"seagate-ships-1-million-solid-state-hybrid-drives-momentus-xt-hybrid-drive-adoption-soars-as-major-computer-makers-offer-laptops-with-worlds-speediest-hard-drives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=14699","title":{"rendered":"Seagate ships 1 million solid state hybrid drives; Momentus XT hybrid drive adoption soars as major computer makers offer laptops with world’s speediest hard drives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seagate to Showcase Momentus\u00ae XT Drives at Flash Memory Summit<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n

Cupertino, <\/strong>Calif.\u2014 August 9, 2011\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) has shipped its one millionth solid state hybrid drive for laptop PCs after launching the product \u2013 Momentus\u00ae XT \u2013 in spring 2010. Major computer makers including Alienware, ASUS, Dell, Sony and Toshiba now offer laptops powered by the 2.5-inch drive that blends performance rivaling solid state drives with the enormous capacity and much lower cost of hard disk drives.
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\nThe Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive, a 7200RPM drive with up to 500GB of capacity, boots up to 50 percent faster than traditional 5400RPM drives and sets new benchmarks for real-world system performance for laptops and gaming systems. Seagate\u2019s Adaptive Memory\u2122 technology is key to the drive\u2019s speed, optimizing its performance by moving frequently used information into the 4GB of onboard solid state memory for faster bootup and application access.
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\n\u201cSeagate’s shipment of its one millionth Momentus\u00ae XT drive is just the beginning of a bright future for solid state hybrid drives,\u201d said John Rydning, research director at IDC. \u201cFast, capacious, and economical hybrid HDD and NAND flash storage solutions like the Momentus\u00ae XT drive will be found in roughly 25 percent of all new PCs shipped in 2015.\u201d
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\nThe problem with today\u2019s high-performance SSDs for mobile computing is that they cost as much as 10 times more than hard disk drives of the same capacity, with the price of a 250GB SSD outstripping even the cost of many laptop PCs. Most consumers and system builders are unwilling or unable to pay the high price for the greater speed of SSDs. The Momentus XT drive delivers SSD-like speed at a fraction of the cost and more capacity options.<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cWith Momentus\u00ae XT hybrid drives, laptop users don\u2019t have to make trade-offs when buying a system based on speed, cost or capacity,\u201d said Rocky Pimentel,<\/em> Seagate executive vice president, chief sales and marketing officer. \u201cWe\u2019re delighted that the Momentus\u00ae XT drive has been enthusiastically received in the marketplace and look forward to introducing the next generation of the product, which will give consumers an even better, faster computing experience, before the year is out.\u201d
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\nMomentus\u00ae XT drives are offered in these laptops at Best Buy (www.bestbuy.com<\/a>):<\/p>\n