Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO), a worldwide leader in hard disk drives and consumer storage products, is introducing the 3Gb/s Serial ATA (SATA) interface on its Maxtor MaXLine III (enterprise ATA applications) and DiamondMax 10 (desktop) hard drives. The 7,200 RPM drives will begin shipping this quarter and include capacity points up to 300GB, up to a 16MB buffer and a comprehensive set of SATA II features including native command queuing (NCQ), staggered spin up, hot-plug capability and asynchronous signal recovery.
The new 3Gb/s SATA interface doubles the maximum data transfer speed of the original industry-standard 1.5Gb/s SATA interface. The performance benefit of the 3Gb/s SATA interface speed can especially be seen by system builders and integrators in multi-drive environments, where bandwidth is aggregated.
"Maxtor is adding the new 3Gb/s SATA interface to its product line, equipping the drives for next-generation storage arrays and desktop computers," said Gary Gentry, Senior Vice President, worldwide marketing at Maxtor. "The 3Gb/s SATA interface combined with SATA II features is designed to provide users with enhanced performance, connectivity, data availability and storage management capabilities."
The hard drive industry is continuing its transition from the traditional parallel ATA to the SATA interface. According to IDC, 65 percent of the worldwide desktop PC market will feature the SATA interface by the end of this year. Many PC and storage subsystem manufacturers are expected to deploy 3.0Gb/s SATA products in 2006 to take advantage of the increased interface speed and a richer feature set. Maxtor's introduction of 3.0Gb/s SATA into its award-winning product portfolio positions it to support industry needs for the new interface across multiple markets.
Interoperability between Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and 3Gb/s SATA make the Maxtor MaXLine enterprise ATA family the ideal complement to Maxtor Atlas SAS drives, providing customers the broadest range of capacity and performance for their enterprise storage needs. The SAS interface allows SAS and SATA disk drives to be configured in the same enclosure, enabling customers to mix and match high-performance Atlas drives with high-capacity MaXLine SATA drives to meet a broad range of price, performance and capacity requirements.
Maxtor hard drives with the SATA 3Gb/s interface will also be available in retail later this year for consumers who want to upgrade1 their PCs for an improved multimedia, gaming or overall computing experience. For more information about Maxtor's 3Gb/s SATA hard drives, please visit www.maxtor.com.
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About Maxtor Corporation
Maxtor Corporation (www.maxtor.com) is one of the world's leading suppliers of information storage solutions. The company has an expansive line of storage products for desktop computers, near-line storage, high-performance Intel-based servers and consumer electronics. Maxtor has a reputation as a proven market leader built by consistently providing high-quality products, and service and support for its customers. Maxtor and its products can be found at www.maxtor.com or by calling toll-free (800) 2-MAXTOR. Maxtor is traded on the NYSE under the MXO symbol.
For purposes of measuring disk drive storage capacity, a gigabyte (GB) means 1 billion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment.
Note: Maxtor, the Maxtor stylized logo, Atlas, DiamondMax and MaXLine are registered trademarks of Maxtor Corporation.
1A 3Gb/s SATA PCI controller card maybe required to upgrade PCs to use Maxtor drives with the 3Gb/s SATA interface.
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risks and uncertainties which could materially affect the company's results, including, but not limited to, market demand for hard disk drives, the successful execution of volume manufacturing, distribution and sales development programs, the development and implementation of new technologies, the company's ability to execute future production ramps and utilize manufacturing assets efficiently, pricing, competition, and the significant uncertainty of market acceptance of new products. These and other risk factors are contained in documents that the company files with the SEC, including the Form 10-K for fiscal 2004 and its recent 10-Qs. Maxtor is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any responsibility to update or alter, its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. www: www.jvc-victor.co.jp
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