Samsung’s 1.8” Hard Disk Drives Make Big Impact

<p><strong>San Jose, Calif. &mdash; Aug. 21</strong><br />Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a worldwide provider of digital consumer electronics and IT, has announced that its new highest-capacity-yet 1.8-inch hard disk drives (HDD) are playing a dominant role in leading the growth of the mobile storage market.  </p><p>IT and consumer product companies are building new multimedia products built around the 1.8-inch HDD storage medium, which is smaller than a business card but packs 160 GB of capacity at 4200 RPM.<br /><br />&ldquo;The 1.8-inch HDD market will grow at a tremendous pace, with annual sales expected to increase up to 65 percent by 2010 as consumers demand smaller, more compact technology devices,&rdquo; said Andrew Higginbotham, Samsung Semiconductor Inc. director of hard drive sales and marketing. &ldquo;Samsung is leading the pack with its new Spinpoint N2 Series drives that offer a best-in-class combination of reliability, capacity, performance and value.&rdquo;</p>