PRESS RELEASE
Milestone Marked with New Ultimate Capacity Desktop HDD
Announcing the milestone of two billion hard disk drives (HDD) shipped, Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX) today celebrated by unveilingits highest capacity drive for desktop computing to date, the new 4TB Seagate® Desktop HDD. The ultimate in high-capacity computing, the new 4TB Desktop HDD is ideal for workstations, home office and small business and home storage users.
29 Years to Reach First Billionth Shipped- Just Four Years to Reach Second
"This is truly an impressive landmark to reach two billion drives shipped only four years after we reached our first billion. I am proud to lead this company and share in its accomplishment," said Steve Luczo, president, CEO and chairman of Seagate. "This achievement is a reflection of everyone at our company, and with the release of our new 4TB Desktop HDD it is clear that the personal pride and dedication that it took to reach this milestone continues to be a part of our DNA."
"The first billion drives digitized the office, the second the home- empowering consumers with the ability to bring aggregated content from their PC into the living room, on to their mobile device, where ever," said Scott Horn, Seagate's vice president of marketing. "It's about consumers creating, storing, sharing, and most importantly accessing digital content on their terms-anytime, anywhere- and with two billion drives shipped clearly the revolution is on."
New 4TB Seagate Desktop HDD
The industry's only 4TB/4 disk desktop solution, this new drive supports the highest performance while reducing costs. Nearly 800,000 times larger than the first desktop drive Seagate introduced in 1979, it supports up to 800,000 photos, 300 plus hours of HD video or over 1,000,000 songs.
"By 2015 households which today routinely consume 1TB of data a month are expected to generate 20 times the amount of data than they currently save," said Richard Doherty, research director of the Envisioneering Group, a technology research and consulting company. "Consumer's continued appetites for securely saving and organizing high-definition multimedia requires higher performance and the most trusted and dependable drives. Seagate's new 4TB Desktop HDD provides the ideal solution for consumer's soaring need for storage in the home - now, and in the future."
The drive delivers the highest average data rate on the market today achieving 160 MB/second while saving 35 percent in power consumption over the competition. Seagate's own OptiCacheTM technology has been incorporated boosting overall performance by as much as 45 percent.
The 4TB Desktop is equipped with a SATA 6 Gb/s interface for blazing-fast performance in a maximum-capacity drive. The unit's 1TB/platter technology reduces complexity inside the drive itself greatly improving storage reliability and reducing failure rate.
For more information on the 4TB Seagate Desktop HDD please visit www.seagate.com/www/4TB-Desktop-HDD.
Strong Partner Support
"Over the years, Seagate has been a valued partner contributing a vast array of storage solutions to our comprehensive selection of IT products," says Merle McIntosh, senior vice president of product management at Newegg North America. "Seagate's products are in high demand among our customers and we're excited to add their new 4TB HDD to our assortment. As consumer demand for content continues to climb, this new HDD will provide customers with the storage they need at a price they can afford."
About Seagate
Seagate is a world leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions. Learn more at www.seagate.com.
