The parallel interface, Ultra ATA, in most of today's desktop storage systems is now facing its limit. The Parallel ATA interface has been in use as the standard legacy storage device for individual users for over 17 years. Samsung has adopted the new interface, Serial ATA, and will continue to launch products with SATA interface for years to come.

Features

* Formatted Capacity = 160GB
* Serial ATA Interface
* Fluid Dynamic Bearing Spindle Motor Technology
* High Speed Dual Digital Signal
* Processor (DSP) Based Architecture
* ATA S.M.A.R.T. Compliant
* ATA Security Mode Feature Set
* ATA Host Protected Area Feature Set
* ATA Automatic Acoustic Management Feature Set
* ATA 48-bit Address Feature Set
* ATA Device Configuration Overlay Feature Set
* Multi-Burst On-The-Fly Error Correction
* NoiseGuard
* SilentSeek
* Hot-Plug & Hot-Swap capable

Specifications:

Drive Configuration:

Interface
Serial-ATA 1.0
Bytes per Sector 512
Buffer Size 81 Mbytes

Performance Specification:

Read Seek Time(typical)
Track to Track 0.8 ms
Average 8.9 ms
Full Stroke 18.0 ms
Average Latency 4.17 ms
Rotational Speed 7,200 rpm

Data Transfer Rate
Media to/from Buffer (max.) 840 Mbits/s
Buffer to/from Host(max.) 150Mbytes/s
Drive Ready Time(typical) 7 sec

Reliability Specification:

Non-recoverable Read Error 1 sector in 1014 bits
MTBF 500,000 POH
Start/Stop Cycles (Ambient) 50,000
Component Design Life 5 years