The SSD market so far has been close to non-existent in terms of recognizable hard drive manufacturers. It looks like that’s about to change, with Seagate finally entering the market. The company has an impressive first entry with its new Pulsar drives.
Seagate’s Pulsar drives are SSDs built for enterprise use. The big draw of the SSDs is the included supercapaciter. The supercapaciter will allow the drive to hold enough power to complete any write task needed in case of a power failure. Seagate’s single-layer-cell technology in the drives is supposed to increase the durability and reliability of the drives, compared to the SSDs currently in netbooks and laptops. The Pulsar drives are 2.5-inches, so expect to see them inside desktops or servers. They will come in storage sizes of 50, 100 and 200 GB.
Seagate entering into the SSD market is a very good sign. While OCZ, Intel and Kingston among others have been doing a good job with the market so far, with at least one major hard drive producer in the game, we can expect to see more penetration. Western Digital and others are expected to be entering the market soon as well. Hopefully this will lead to a decrease in price of SSDs as the companies compete. More computers using SSDs is definitely a good thing.
Read [PC World]
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