The company Hitachi has launched a mobile hard disk drive of the fifth generation working with the rotational speed 7200 rpm. The new 2.5 "HDDs are called Travelstar 7K500, are available in capacities from 120GB to 500GB, 16MB memory, 0.69Vt power consumption in idle mode and 1.8Vt when reading / writing, supporting high speed SATA 3.0Gbit / s and supports optional hardware encryption Bulk Data Encryption.

"Market growth notebooks continues to be one of the most important driving forces of the market 2.5" drives and is the main reason that IDC expects demand growth to 2.5 "mobile HDD for 16.8% of total annual rankings for 2008-2013", "said John Ridning (John Rydning), research director for hard disk drives IDC. "The new mobile 500GB 2.5" Hitachi hard drive with 7200rpm rotational speed allows the OEM-producers to create a succinct and productive model. "

This month will begin shipping drives massive series Travelstar 7K500 OEM-producers.