Fujitsu Triples Magneto-Optical Storage Capacity; Introduces World's First 3.5" 640MB MO Drive.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 1996--Fujitsu Computer Products of America, the market leader in magneto-optical (MO) drives, today extended its leadership in the removable storage market by introducing the world's first 3.5" 640 megabyte One million bytes, or more precisely 1,048,576 bytes. Also MB, Mbyte and M-byte. See mega and space/time. (unit) megabyte - (MB, colloquially "meg") 2^20 = 1,048,576 bytes = 1024 kilobytes. 1024 megabytes are one gigabyte. MO drive. This introduction represents a near tripling of capacity over current 230MB drives and delivers on the industry standard roadmap for capacity advances. The new drive, the M2513A, will be a bare 640MB drive mechanism aimed primarily at OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers. A commercially packaged version of this drive with an external enclosure will be announced later this year as an extension to Fujitsu's popular DynaMO family of MO drives. The M2513A uses ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. standard 640MB and 540MB MO media. In addition, the drive is capable of reading and writing 230MB and reading 128MB 3.5" media, ensuring two generations of backward read compatibility as agreed to by the members of the Optical Standards Technology Association (OSTA (Optical Storage Technology Association, Cupertino, CA, www.osta.org) A membership organization composed of major optical drive manufacturers. Established in 1992, its purpose is to endorse standards and promote the use of optical media in computing. ). The drive also includes direct overwrite The ability to write a bit on a recording medium in one pass. Magnetic disks, phase change optical discs and LIMDOW magneto-optic disks are direct overwrite storage technologies. See LIMDOW and magneto-optic disk. technology, which improves write performance by 60 percent over previous-generation products. The M2513a has a SCSI-2 (Small Computer System) interface allowing it to connect to different computer platforms, including PC-compatible, Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh , and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). workstations. A high-performance seek time on average of only 30 milliseconds will enable customers to quickly record and retrieve data. Advantages of MO Over Other Removable Storage Options According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Strategic Marketing Decisions, a leading research firm covering the optical storage market, MO has enjoyed very significant sales volumes in the past year, with more 3.5" drives and media shipped worldwide than any other high-capacity 3.5" removable disk A disk or disk cartridge that is inserted into the drive for reading and writing and removed when not required. Using optical technologies, CDs and DVDs are the most common examples. media solution on the market. MO is primarily designed for professional applications such as multimedia files, spreadsheets, graphics and presentations, where data is extremely valuable. Those looking to protect their data investment choose MO for several reasons. MO is the most reliable form of removable storage. It is a non-contact media, eliminating the possibility of head crash and data loss, and cannot be erased by accidental contact with a magnetic field. In addition, MO provides nearly unlimited rewrite cycles and is a standardized technology with defined migration roadmaps. MO media's cost advantage over other forms of removable storage allow MO's value to rise as more data is stored. Specifications -- 3.5" 640MB drive -- SCSI-2 interface -- Uses ISO standard 640MB and 540MB media -- Average seek time: 30 ms -- Drive data transfer rate: 2.3-3.9MB/s in read mode -- Interface data transfer rate: 5MB/s async.; 10MB/s sync. -- 512KB cache buffer, 2MB Option -- 3600 rpm -- Power consumption: 7.0 watts in Random Read or Write mode -- Power requirement: Single + 5V -- Dimensions (in.): 1.0 x 4.0 x 5.75 Price and Availability The new drives will be available to OEM customers in Q296. The external model of the drive has an anticipated list price of approximately $699. -0- Note to Editors: Fujitsu is a trademark of Fujitsu Limited. DynaMO is a registered trademark of Fujitsu. All other product and company names are trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Fujitsu Computer Products Mary Medeiros, 408/894-3565 mmedeiros@fcpa.fujitsu.com or The Benjamin Group Inc. Ellen Roeckl/Kerry Swanson, 408/559-6090 eroeckl@sv.tbgi.com |
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