Fujitsu MHZ2 BT: 2.5" Half-Terabyte HDD

Fujitsu has announced the prep for the release of the new Fujitsu MHZ2 BT -- its new 2.5-inch 500GB 4200 RPM SATA HDD. The new product was created in response to the market's demand for smaller form factor yet high storage capacity HDDs. Fujitsu is the second company to have come up with a 500GB capacity on a 2.5-inch hard drive. The Fujitsu MHZ2 BT uses only 1.8W of power and supports Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s interface. Aside from the fact that it's so small there's a chance you can fit two in one notebook, you can also use it for tape replacement systems, DVRs and yes, even use a USB enclosure on it to turn it into an external drive.

Fujitsu MHZ2 BT 2.5" Half-Terabyte HDD will be available in May 2008 with the following specs:

* Capacity: 400GB/500GB
* Rotational Speed: 4200RPM
* Interface: SATA 3.0 Gb/sec and 1.5Gb/sec
* Buffer to Host Transfer Rate: 300MB/sec max.
* Read/Write Seek Time: 12/14 msec typ.
* Track to Track Seek Time: 1.5msec typ.
* R/W Power Consumption: 1.8W typ. (Best-in-Class)
* Idle Power Consumption: 0.5W typ. (Best-in-Class)
* Standby/Sleep Power Consumption: 0.13W typ. (Best-in-Class)
* Acoustic (Idle): 2.1 bels typ. (Best in Class)
* Operating Shock: 325G (2ms)