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Western Digital Breaks a Record: WD2000JB with 200 GB
In the last few years, Western Digital has fortified its position as a leader in hard drive manufacturing. The company was the first to ship 100 and 120 GB drives that already ran at a fast 7200 rpm, as opposed to the drives from its competitors. And its latest products break the current records once more: although Samsung has already come out with 60 GB per platter (read our review here ), WD's 200 GB total storage capacity remains unbeaten.
The Competition Is Not Idle
IBM
IBM's latest press release brings hope for a new generation of Deskstar 180GXP drives, soon to be launched. Its maximum capacity can be read in its product name - therefore, Western Digital won't have to cede the capacity record to IBM. With the IBM drive, progress is to be found in performance, because IBM places great importance on implementing Tagged Command Queuing: this makes it possible for the drive to rearrange individual commands in order to optimize the sequence of write and seek processes. Furthermore, all drives of the 180GXP family will feature fluid dynamic bearing, which significantly reduces the noise of a drive when in operation.
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IBM DeskStar 180 GXP
Capacities
30, 40, 60, 80, 120, 180 GB
Data Density
60 GB per platter
Seek Time
< 9 ms
Rotation Speed
7200 rpm
Cache
8 MB
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Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.
