So far, all the harddisks in our computers are sealed with solid metal. So we can’t really see what are the major components inside unless we break it. I was lucky to know what is actually inside a harddisk because I used to be a technician in Komag while waiting for my SPM result and I was in the production floor. Komag is one of the major suppliers of harddisk platter (the disk) in the world to all harddisk manufacturers, such as Western Digital, Seagate, etc.
If you have not seen what’s inside a haddisk, now you have the chance to take a glance of the major components, at least from the top view. Western Digital Corp. (WD) has just introduced the world’s only harddisk with a see-through lens on top of the harddisk, labeled WD Raptor X. Now you are able to see the moving parts via the lens which the read and write action of the drive’s head and disk assembly can be viewed while the drive delivers data. Basically, you will see the movement of read/write head and the platter spinning when the harddisk is running.
As a summary, WD Raptor X drives feature :-
- 10,000 RPM
- 150 GB capacity
- 1.5 GB/s external data rate (Max)
- 4.6 ms average seek time
- 16 MB cache
- 5-year warranty
For detailed specification, click here.
For more pictures of WD Raptor X, click here.
Well, stuffs like this don’t come cheap as usual, WD Raptor X 150 GB (model WD1500AHFD) hard drives are expected to be shipping in early 2006 and its retail pricing as listed in WD website for WD Raptor X is USD$349.99.
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