Seagate unveils 1TB per platter HDD

SCOTTS VALLEY, USA: Hard disk drive vendor Seagate unveiled 3.5-inch hard drive featuring 1TB of storage capacity per disk platter.

Seagate will soon be shipping its 3.5-inch Barracuda desktop hard drive with 3TBs of storage on 3 disk platters — enough capacity to store up to 120 high-definition movies, 1,500 video games, thousands of photos or virtually countless hours of digital music — to the distribution channel in mid-2011.

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The drive will be available in various capacities - 2TB, 1.5TB and 1TB.

“Organizations of all sizes and consumers worldwide are amassing digital content at light speed, generating immense demand for storage of digital content of every imaginable kind,” said Rocky Pimentel, executive vice president, Worldwide Sales and Marketing, Seagate, says: “We remain keenly focused on delivering the storage capacity, speed and manageability our customers need to thrive in an increasingly digital world.”

GoFlex Desk external drives are compatible with both the Windows operating system and Mac computers.