Samsung Spinpoint N2 Series World’s Highest Capacity 1.8” Hard Disk Drives for Advanced Consumer Applications

Samsung recently announced that its latest Spinpoint N2 Series World’s Highest Capacity 1.8” Hard Disk Drives for Advanced Consumer Applications are currently shipping with a $249 MSRP. It features the highest available capacity in the 1.8” form factor (120GB) and fastest speed (4200rpm) for notebook performance.

With the new series you get the fastest boot times, lowest power consumption, and quietest operation. Spinpoint N2 Series are available with capacities ranging from 80GB to 120GB and are designed to meet the requirements of compact mobile consumer devices such as PDAs, MP3 players, cell phones, camcorders, digital cameras and ultra-light notebook PCs. The N2 Series has a 4,200rpm spin rate, PATA/ZIF interface with 8MB cache memory, a 15,0ms seek time and a two second Drive Time to Ready.

“The 1.8” HDD market is going to explode over the next few years with annual sales expected to increase up to 65% by 2010 as demand for compact consumer devices continues to grow,” said Andy Higginbotham, Director of Hard Drive Sales and Marketing, Samsung Semiconductor. “Samsung’s Spinpoint N2 Series drives are positioned as the best available solution in the 1.8” arena with best-in-class capacity, performance, value and reliability.”

Via: Businesswire