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 Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:00 am Post subject: Hands On With Western Digital's New 5mm Hybrid Hard Drive |
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<p align="center"> </p><p><p> Remember the 5mm hybrid HDD announcement from yesterday? I just spent some time with the drive itself at the IDF Tech Showcase. </p> <p> The 5mm drive will be OEM-only at this point as a result of its fairly unique SATA/power connector. WD implemented the SFF-8038 connector, which is standardized but very rare in the industry at this point. The new connector seems necessary to hit the ultra thin 5mm form factor.</p> <p align="center">  </p> <p> The drive will be available in both Blue (HDD only) and Black (HDD + NAND) varieties. The NAND on the Black drive is hidden by the bottom cover so you unfortunately can't see it in the photos below. WD gave us time with a 500GB model at 5mm as well as a 1TB model at 7mm. The NAND capacity varies from 8GB - 32GB depending on the OEM needs. Both reads and writes are cached in the NAND.</p> <p> There's no word on OEM pricing or availability.</p> <p> <div>Gallery: Hands On With Western Digital's New 5mm Hybrid Hard Drive<div>      </div></div></p> </p> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'> </td><td valign='middle'> </td></tr></table></div><br/><br/> 
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