60GB 1.8-inch hard drive for portable devices

Seagate Technology has announced the shipment of its Lyrion
1.8-inch hard drive to customers worldwide. Lyrion provides a breakthrough in
capacity with the industry's first single platter 60GB 1.8-inch hard drive,
enabled by perpendicular recording technology, with only 5mm thickness. With a
single platter 60GB hard drive, portable devices will be able to carry up to 80
movies, up to 200 hours of music videos, up to 20 hours of standard definition
video or up to 12 hours of high-definition video. Lyrion will also be available
in a 30GB configuration.

Features

• Free fall protection—
  The Lyrion drive is compatible with free fall sensors on portable and
  handheld devices. When a system detects that it is in a free fall, Lyrion
  will respond to commands from the host sensor and take steps to protect
  itself, such as powering down the motor and parking the read-write heads
  away from the platter's surface

• Power management—
  Lyrion leads the 1.8-inch hard drive category in power efficiency, resulting
  in longer device battery life

• Run-on technology—The
  drive senses and calculates motion and vibration, automatically adjusting
  its performance to deliver skip-free music and video

• Adapt to eExtreme
  temperature conditions— The Lyrion drive is capable of
  operation from 0 to 60 degrees celsius, the broadest temperature range in
  its class. Additionally, it can measure and respond to varying humidity and
  altitude conditions.

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