Milpitas, CA, June 6, 2005 - Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO), a worldwide leader in hard disk drives and consumer storage products, announced today that the company will be shipping its next-generation 3.5-inch 7200RPM 3.0Gb SATA and ATA 133 hard drives with capacity points up to 500GB in the third quarter of this year. The new capacity will span the company's line of award-winning products, including Maxtor® QuickView® (consumer electronics - DVR/STBs, DVD/HDD combo devices), MaXLine® (enterprise applications), DiamondMax® (desktop), Maxtor Shared Storage™ (easy add-on storage for a home network) and Maxtor OneTouch™ (simple external storage and backup) brand hard drives.
The new 500GB hard drives will include a host of new features to meet the distinct needs of each brand's application area. The features will provide significant improvements in areas such as performance, thermal optimization, data management and security, interface and AV stream detection. The 500GB hard drives will also be RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) compliant.
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Jun 7, 2005, 05:20 PM
