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Seagate ships second gen Momentus XT SSD

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MUMBAI, INDIA: Hard disk drive maker Seagate has started shipping its second generation Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive (SSD) meant for consumers, commercial laptops and personal computers.

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Seven original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are gearing-up to ship laptops powered by the Momentus XT drive. powering the drive is 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.

Fast Factor technology blends the strengths of SSDs and hard disk drives for faster access to applications, quicker boot-up and higher overall system speed.

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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 Rajesh Khurana, country manager — India and SAARC, Seagate Technology. “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.”

The Momentus XT drive is nearly 70 per cent faster than the prior Momentus drive version and up to three times faster than a traditional hard disk drive, and provides 750GB of storage capacity, claims the company in a release.

The Momentus XT 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.

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