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Table of Contents
addresses the emerging market in enterprise storage of the use of business critical storage systems for capacity-
intensive enterprise applications that require space optimization, maximized performance and availability. In June
2007, we announced storage capacities of up to 1 TB for this drive.
Mobile Computing
Momentus ATA/SATA Family. The Momentus family of disc drives for mobile computing disc drive products,
ships in 5,400 and 7,200 RPM and in capacities ranging from 30GB to 160GB. Commercial uses for Momentus disc
drives include notebook computers running popular office applications and notebook computers for business,
government and education environments. Consumer uses for Momentus disc drives include notebook computers,
tablet computers and digital audio applications. We have started to ship three new products for the mobile compute
market, all utilizing perpendicular recording technology, including the Momentus 5400 PSD, a 2.5-inch notebook
hybrid drive that combines rotating disc storage with flash memory for greater power efficiency, faster boot-ups and
increased reliability; the Momentus 5400.2 FDE, the industry’s only 2.5-inch encrypting disc drive that delivers the
highest levels of protection for data on lost, stolen or retired notebooks; and the Momentus 7200.2, a 7,200 RPM disc
drive for high-performance notebooks.
LD25.2 Family. Our LD25.2 Series 2.5-inch disc drives deliver storage capacities of 40GB and 80GB at 5,400
RPM, a solution with optimized capacity and size for notebook computers.
Desktop Storage
Barracuda ATA/SATA Family. Our Barracuda 3.5-inch disc drive is in its 11th generation and delivers storage
capacities of up to 1TB at 7,200 RPM and is used in applications such as PCs, workstations and personal external
storage devices. The majority of our desktop storage products currently utilize perpendicular recording technology.
Additionally, we are currently shipping a 3.5-inch disc drive with 250GB of capacity on a single disc which utilizes
2nd generation perpendicular recording technology.
DiamondMax Family. Our DiamondMax 3.5-inch disc drives deliver storage capacities of up to 500GB at
7,200 RPM. DiamondMax drives are targeted at entry-level and mainstream PCs with non-traditional ATA
applications that require a value solution with solid performance.
LD25.2 Family. Our LD25.2 Series 2.5-inch disc drives deliver storage capacities of 40GB and 80GB at 5,400
RPM.
Consumer Electronics Storage
Barracuda ATA/SATA Family. We also sell some of our 3.5-inch Barracuda disc drives for use in DVR’
s, audio
jukeboxes, home media centers and home and industrial security systems. Our DB35 Series disc drive, with storage
capacities up to 750GB, uses perpendicular recording technology to help set-top box manufacturers optimize
performance for leading-edge digital entertainment.
Momentus ATA/SATA Family. We sell our 2.5-inch, 7,200 and 5,400 RPM Momentus disc drives, including
our recently announced LD25 Series of Momentus family of disc drives with capacities ranging from 20GB up to
160GB, for use in low-profile DVR’s, gaming consoles, home entertainment devices and small footprint media PCs.
We also offer our 2.5-inch EE25 Series of Momentus disc drives which is designed for the temperature, vibration,
humidity and other environmental extremes of automotive, marine and aircraft applications, delivering storage
capacities of up to 80GB.
Seagate ST18 Series. Our Seagate ST18 Series disc drives uses Seagate’s perpendicular recording technology
to deliver 60GB on a single platter in a compact 1.8-
inch disc drive designed for use in portable media players, global
positioning systems (GPS), digital video camcorders and ultra-mobile PCs.
Branded Solutions
Our branded solutions business, which was expanded with the acquisition and integration of the retail and
branded sales operations of Maxtor and the related right to use the Maxtor brand and other related trade names such
as “OneTouch”, provides storage products including various home and office storage appliances and applications.
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