CUPERTINO, USA: Hard drive vendor Seagate has introduced its second generation Momentus drive, Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive.

The company, in a release, claims that the new Momentus XT drive is nearly 70 per cent faster than the first generation Momentus drive and up to three times faster than a traditional hard disk drive while providing 750GB of storage capacity.

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"Laptop users want faster access to all of their content, from gaming, music and video to spreadsheets and documents, creating strong demand for the highest performance," said Scott Horn, vice president, Worldwide Marketing, Seagate. "Seagate is excited to answer this need with a second-generation Momentus XT drive that delivers solid state drive (SSD) speed, greater storage capacity and easy installation at an affordable price."

Moreover, the new hard drive's Serial ATA 6Gb/second interface and 8 gigabytes of Single Level Cell NAND flash double the interface and NAND read-write speed of the previous generation.

It features Seagate's Adaptive Memory and FAST Factor technologies. Adaptive Memory technology works by identifying data usage patterns, and then moving the most frequently retrieved information to solid state memory for faster access.

FAST Factor technology blends the strengths of SSDs and hard disk drives for faster access to applications, quicker bootup and higher overall system speed, it adds in the release.

Seagate has started shipping the new Momentus XT SSD and the manufacturer's suggesting retail pricing (MSRP) for Momentus XT 750GB is $245.