IBM announces world's first 5-gigabyte laptop disk 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)--May 15, 1997--IBM today announced a laptop computer disk drive that is not much bigger than the palm of a child's hand, yet holds a record-breaking 5 billion bytes of data. The tiny new IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) 2.5-inch Travelstar 5GS drive can hold 50 years worth of a typical daily newspaper, or about one million printed pages. This is a stack of paper as tall as a 62-story building. The 5-gigabyte Travelstar 5GS, which is about two thirds of an inch thick (17 mm), will go into premium notebook computers A laptop computer that weighs in a range from five to seven pounds. The term originated when laptops were routinely more than 10 pounds, and those that became lighter were placed in a special "notebook" category. In practice, notebook computer and laptop computer are synonymous. . The drive will allow notebook computer users to take advantage of demanding applications such as lengthy multimedia presentations, graphics-rich games and video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. . Travelstar 5GS is ideal for executives who want the freedom of having powerful computer programs at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. while on business trips. IBM's new MRX MRX Mission Rehearsal Exercise (US DoD) MRX Mental Retardation, X-Linked MRX Magneto-Resistive Extended MRX Magnetic Resonance, Soft Spectrum Coupled X-Ray Laser (Magnetoresistive See magnetoresistance. Extended) head technology gets a lot of the credit for this record-breaking disk drive. "MRX is a major step beyond the older generation magnetoresistive head technology," said Bob Scranton, vice president of technology at IBM's Storage Systems Division. No bigger than the head of a pin, the MRX head technology component sends out stronger signals than the older head, meaning it can write and read larger volumes of information. NEW DENSITY RECORD Another IBM 2.5-inch disk drive introduced today -- the 4-gigabyte Travelstar 4GT -- also features MRX head technology. The 4GT is thinner than the Travelstar 5GS, though. Travelstar 4GT is only one half an inch (12.5 mm as opposed to the 5 GS's 17 mm) thick, about the size of two cassette tapes. Its size is ideal for ultra-portable and value laptop computers. Travelstar 4GT sets a new density record. It holds the most data per square inch of any disk drive -- 2.64 billion bits to be exact -- about 120,000 double-spaced, typewritten type·write intr. & tr.v. type·wrote , type·writ·ten , type·writ·ing, type·writes To engage in writing or to write (matter) with a typewriter. pages. IBM's 4-gigabyte Travelstar 4GT also is the most rugged 2.5-inch disk drive in the world, based on its non-operational shock rating. This is a measurement of how much force is applied to the drive before it no longer fully functions. Shock happens when the notebook computer is hit or dropped. IBM's exclusive new smooth disk platters and Load/Unload technology are additional contributors to the Travelstar drives' technology records. Combined with MRX head technology, Load/Unload technology helps increase the drives' ruggedness and reliability. "Our relationship with IBM Storage Systems Division is a significant factor in allowing Gateway 2000 the ability to offer the latest technology available," said Bob Burnett, director of mobile systems at Gateway 2000. "We are pleased to be aligned with a technology leader like IBM Storage Systems Division." Both Travelstar drives are now being evaluated by 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 notebook computer manufacturers and will ship to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) by July. Major notebook computer manufacturers including Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. , Gateway 2000, and IBM plan to offer one or both of these disk drives in their notebook computers starting this year. For more information about IBM's disk drives call 1-800-IBM-2468 and request Dept. Star 30. The IBM Web site address is "http://www.storage.ibm.com". SPECIFICATIONS Travelstar 5GS: 2.5-inch, 5.1 GB and 4.4 GB, 17 mm z-height, 180 grams, 4900 RPM, 12.0 ms average seek time, four disks, ATA-3 interface, 400 G non-operating shock, 512 KB buffer. Travelstar 4GT: 2.5-inch, 4.0 and 3.2 GB, 12.5 mm z-height, 140 grams, 4000 RPM, 13.0 ms average seek time, 3 disks, ATA-3 interface, 600 G non-operating shock, 512 KB buffer. Both drives feature MRX head technology, Enhanced Adaptive Battery Life Extender See Media Center Extender, bus extender and DOS extender. 2.0, P.R.M.L. digital channels, No-ID sector formatting, and Load/Unload. These are the first mobile hard disk drives in the world to feature Ultra DMA/33 technology, which enables a 33.3 MB/second interface transfer rate, contributing to increased performance of the drives. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: No-ID, Adaptive Battery Life Extender and IBM are registered trademarks of International Business Machines. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Editors/Reporters: Photographs are available through IBM public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most . CONTACT: IBM Storage Systems Division Michelle McIntyre, 408/256-7589 mcintyre@sjmvm15.vnet.ibm.com or Veronica Lopez, 408/256-7573 vlopez@vnet.ibm.com |
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