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The Seagate Barracuda is a series of hard disk drives and later solid state drives produced by Seagate Technology that was first introduced in 1993. [ 3 ] The line initially focused on high-capacity, high-performance SCSI hard drives until introducing ATA models in 1999 and SATA models in 2002.
On May 20, 2010, Seagate released an updated range of FreeAgent drives. It includes the FreeAgent Desk, FreeAgent Go, FreeAgent GoFlex and FreeAgent Xtreme. The 3.5" drives have a maximum capacity of 2TB and the 2.5" Freeagent Go has a maximum of 1TB. The Go Special Edition is the same as the regular Go but with a different case.
Diagram of consolidation. At least 218 companies have manufactured hard disk drives (HDDs) since 1956. Most of that industry has vanished through bankruptcy or mergers and acquisitions. None of the first several entrants (including IBM, who invented the HDD) continue in the industry today.
In June 2010, Seagate released the world's first 3 TB hard drive. [50] That September, Seagate released the first portable 1.5 TB hard drive. [51] In July 2011, the company changed its country of incorporation from the Cayman Islands to Ireland. [52] [53] Since then, the holding company became a public limited company (PLC) named Seagate ...
In the list those manufacturers that also produce hard disk drives or flash memory are identified. Additionally, the type of memory used in their solid-state drives is noted. This list does not include the manufacturers of specific components of SSDs, such as flash memory controllers. [1]
The drives within an A-unit and all other drives in a string had interfaces similar to the early interfaces, above. A-units connected to IBM Directors or integrated attachments . Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) , originally named SASI for Shugart Associates System Interface, is an early (circa 1978) industry standard interface explicitly ...
The Seagate ST1 is a miniature 1-inch hard drive with the CompactFlash Type II form factor, much like IBM's Microdrive. Unlike Sony and Hitachi and allegedly GS Magicstor branded drives, Seagate developed their technology from scratch. As of 2005 most 5 gigabyte MP3 players in production had ST1 drives embedded in them.
In 2010, hard-disk manufacturers introduced drives with 4,096‑byte sectors (Advanced Format). [3] For compatibility with legacy hardware and software, those drives include an emulation technology that presents 512‑byte sectors to the entity accessing the hard drive, despite their underlying 4,096‑byte physical sectors. [4]