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To: DavidCG who wrote (171)	3/8/1999 9:34:00 AM
From: DavidCG	Respond to of 467

Maxtor announces new drive today. Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 High-Performance Desktop Products Begin Volume [.16199] /FROM PR NEWSWIRE LOS ANGELES 213-626-5500/ TO BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORS: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 5120 High-Performance Desktop Products Begin Volume Shipments New Drive Achieves the Industry's Highest 7,200 RPM Areal Density MILPITAS, Calif., March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxtor(R) Corp. (Nasdaq: MXTR) today announced the DiamondMax(TM) Plus 5120 series of hard disk drives, the latest addition to the award-winning 7,200 RPM DiamondMax Plus series of drives. At 5.1GB of storage capacity per disk, the DiamondMax Plus 5120 provides the highest areal density in the industry for 7,200 RPM drives. The new drive, which utilizes giant magneto-resistive (GMR) heads, is in volume production at Maxtor's Singapore plant and will begin volume shipping this month----------- --- and marketing, these new 7,200 RPM DiamondMax Plus drives continue the leadership Maxtor has demonstrated over the past 18 months in the desktop hard disk drive marketplace. "With both our 5,400 RPM and 7,200 RPM products, we have consistently led the industry in shipping new generations of products in volume, while delivering the superior quality required by demanding OEM and distribution customers," said Roach. "Our new 7,200 RPM DiamondMax Plus 5120 drive sets a new standard for the high performance desktop market, delivering superior performance and quality along with our leadership technology." The DiamondMax Plus 5120 offers capacities up to 20.4 GB (5,120 megabytes per disk), UltraDMA compatibility and an average seek time of 9.0 ms. This new family shares a number of features with its predecessor, the DiamondMax Plus 2500, including a digital signal processor (DSP)-based electronics architecture and partial response maximum likelihood (PRML) read channel technology. Combined, these technologies result in a higher-capacity, higher-performance drive. Digital Video Ready The DiamondMax Plus 5120 is Digital Video Ready, providing full support for continuous data rates and response times required for the DV-format and making it ideal for audio/video, graphics and other data-intensive applications. Enhanced Data Integrity and Reliability This drive includes the introduction of Maxtor's exclusive ShockBlock(TM) head disk assembly (HDA). ShockBlock features rugged mechanics and shock resistant heads to provide added protection to the drive's head disk mechanics. Additionally, the DiamondMax Plus 5120 features the second generation of Maxtor's MaxSafe(TM) System for automatically providing protection against potential media errors. Enhancements to Maxtor's MaxSafe technology include a new error correction code (ECC) which offers 91% more ECC protection, and a new write detection feature which detects and corrects potential errors while data is being written. Both the MaxSafe System and ShockBlock HDA are continuously operational and do not adversely affect drive performance or require the user to perform any configuration or system modifications. Maxtor is the only drive vendor to combine both advanced shock protection and media scan features to provide the highest levels of data reliability available. /Web site: maxtor.com Mar-08-1999 06:16 GMT Symbols: US;MXTR Source PRN PR NewsWire Categories: NWR/CA NWI/CPR NWI/MLM NWS/PDT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. Oh yes. -DavidCG