Integral Peripherals Announces 6.4 GB 3.0 Inch Hard Disk Drive.BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 1997--Integral(R) Peripherals Inc., a leading supplier of mobile hard disk drives, announced today the Silhouette silhouette (sĭl'  ĕt`), outline image, especially a profile drawing solidly filled in or a cutout pasted against a lighter background. XT(TM) an addition to its range of 3.0 inch hard disk drives for the mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings market. The Silhouette XT offers 6.4 GB of storage in a 3.0 inch, 12.5 mm z-height form factor, addressing the high performance notebook market segment. Utilizing the same mobile storage technologies that have been field proven over the past 7 years in the Company's 1.8 inch Viper(TM) products, Integral's 3.0 inch disk drives are exceptionally rugged, low in power consumption and high in data storage capacity. The key to achieving higher storage capacity is areal density The number of bits per square inch of storage surface. It typically refers to disk drives, where the number of bits per inch (bpi) times the number of tracks per inch (tpi) yields the areal density. . Integral has increased its areal density substantially with its patented - MicroGlide(TM) technology- which takes advantage of ultra-smooth, polished recording media. MicroGlide enables the recording heads to fly closer to the disk's surface allowing data bits to be written closer together, resulting in areal densities of 1.76 Gb/sq.in. and capacities of 2GB per 3.0 inch disk platter One of the disks in a hard disk drive. Each platter provides a top and bottom recording surface. There may be only one or several platters in a drive with each platter having its own pair of read/write heads. See magnetic disk. . Pioneered by Integral, dynamic head loading ensures that the heads are parked safely off the disk surface when in non-operating mode, virtually eliminating the possibility of head/disk contact, and allowing the use of MicroGlide's super polished recording media. Available in capacities of 2.1 GB, 3.2 GB, 4.09 GB, in the 10.5 mm z-height, and 6.4 GB, in the 12.5 mm z-height, the Silhouette and Silhouette XT offer a wide array of storage options for the mobile market. The Silhouette XT Model 36480 will be available in sample quantities in March of 1998. "Mobile capacity points are migrating upward. This reflects the wider application of systems," said Crawford Del Prete, vice president of storage research, IDC. "By announcing a 6.4 GB product Integral is positioning itself for wider market participation in the mobile HDD (Hard Disk Drive) See hard disk and HDD caddy. HDD - hard disk drive market place." Integral is currently accepting appointments with customers for product demonstrations at Comdex '97 (November 17 - 21 in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. ). Integral will be hosting a suite at the Mirage during the week long show. All interested parties should contact Annadell Poindexter, marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales specialist at Integral's worldwide headquarters in Boulder, Colorado The City of Boulder (, Mountain Time Zone) is a home rule municipality located in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. Boulder is the 11th most populous city in the State of Colorado, as well as the most populous city and the county 303-449-8009 phone, 303-449-8089 fax, annadell@integralnet.com e-mail. Integral Peripherals manufactures and markets the Viper and Silhouette families of small form factor disk drives, which are used as primary data storage in a wide range of mobile computing devices, including 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. , hand held computers, digital cameras and car navigational systems Noun 1. navigational system - a system that provides information useful in determining the position and course of a ship or aircraft Global Positioning System, GPS - a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and . Integral's corporate headquarters is located in Boulder, Colorado and its volume manufacturing facility is located in the Woodlands East Industrial Estate area of Singapore. For more information, visit the Integral home page on the world wide web at http://www.integralnet.com. Model # Silhouette 36480 Functional Formatted Capacity 6506 Mega Bytes Disks 3 Heads 6 Power Idle 240 mA Read / Write 590 mA Sleep Mode 6 mA Environment Operating Shock Linear @ 2ms 100 G Idle 300 G Non-Operating Shock Linear @ 2ms 500 G Physical Dimensions 120 x 90 x 12.4 mm CONTACT: Integral Peripherals Inc., Boulder Annadell Poindexter, 303/449-8009 annadell@integralnet.com |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion