Seagate ST9500421AS Momentus Family Product Overview - Page 2

Momentus® The world's most feature-rich 2.5-inch drive for laptops and external enclosures Market Overview The notebook computer market, spurred on by the entrance of new versions of netbooks and ultraportables, is growing by double digits year-over-year in most regions of the world. Although their core value proposition continues to change, consumers demand new form and functionality. In many cases, netbooks started out as barebones systems with limited functionality, where they simply were intended for email or Web-surfing. However, these compact systems have rapidly increased in functionality to entry-level laptop conformity and, over time, they have not quite succeeded as secondary computers for many consumers. This obvious trend now gives those same consumers, who had never thought about purchasing any type of notebook computer, the impetus to step in and demand more from their systems. In addition, the segment addresses a wider range of users-from professionals in emerging markets like Latin America and China to consumers in countries and regions all across AsiaPacific. Laptops can be standardized or customized; they can be small and thin, as well as larger and super fast. The wide versatility of laptop PCs demands essential storage options and innovative features in the most affordable way, and from a company consumers know and trust-Seagate. Product Overview With the launch of the 640GB capacity point and the seventh generation of the 5400-RPM Seagate® Momentus® family, Seagate delivers the largest and most feature-rich product available today. The Momentus family is designed for standard form factor mainstream laptops, entry-level laptops and external backup storage enclosures. The family is known for the innovative features and technology that Seagate builds into every launch of the Momentus line. Specifications Capacities (GB)1 640, 500, 320, 250, 160 Interface SATA 3Gb/s Cache (MB) 8 and 16 Spindle Speed (RPM) Feature Options 5400 and 7200 Self-Encrypting Drives, Self-Encrypting Drives with FIPS 140-2 certification2, G-Force Protection™ technology 1 One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes when referring to drive capacity. 2 Certification will be finalized in January, 2010; drives are currently shipping. www.seagate.com 1-800-SEAGATE (1-800-732-4283) AMERICAS ASIA / PACIFIC EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA Seagate Technology LLC 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066, United States, 831-438-6550 Seagate Singapore International Headquarters Pte. Ltd. 7000 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, Singapore 569877, 65-6485-3888 Seagate Technology SAS 16-18 rue de Dôme, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 33 1-4186 10 00 © 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. G-Force Protection and Momentus are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. When referring to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes. Your computer's operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus will not be available for data storage. The export or re-export of hardware or software containing encryption may be regulated by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (for more information, visit www.bis.doc.gov). Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. PO0094.1-0911US, November 2009