A news release machine today:
Storage Leader Seagate Unveils Two Ultra ATA/66 Product Families to Increase Performance and Reliability for Mainstream and Entry-Level PC Markets
PR Newswire, Monday, March 08, 1999 at 08:22
High-Speed Data Interface Doubles Burst Transfer Rate to 66.6 Mbytes/sec
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Seagate Technology, Inc.
(NYSE:SEG) today unveiled the new U4 and Medalist 17242 desktop disc drive
families, featuring industry-leading reliability and Ultra ATA/66, today's
newest interface choice that doubles burst data transfer rates from 33.3 to
66.6 Mbytes per second. The U4 is the first Ultra ATA/66 drive in the
entry-level market, and it is Seagate's second generation of disc drives
designed specifically for the growing sub-$1,000 PC market. The new Medalist
17242 family is aimed at the mainstream PC market and provides performance and
robustness improvements which position it among the best in its class, ahead
of same-class drives from Quantum, WD and others in initial WinBench 99 test
scores. Both the Medalist 17242 and U4 families offer ground-breaking
reliability with the expansion of the SeaShield System and the industry's best
non-operating shock spec of 300 Gs. Ten of the top ten PC manufacturers
already have plans to integrate one or both of these new drives in future PCs.
Customer evaluation units are currently shipping to OEMs, and both product
families are scheduled to be in volume production next month.
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