Samsung has developed
a 1.5 TB three platter hard disk drive (500 GB per platter) which consumes
40% less power at idle, and 45% less power when reading/writing than other
comparable drives. Dubbed F2EG EcoGreen, the drive is comparably priced to
high-power consuming drives. Samsung's EcoGreen F2EG drive, which is suitable
for both external hard disks and desktop PC, incorporates 500GB/1TB/1.5TB
capacity, 16MB/32MB buffer memory, and 3.0 gigabytes per second (Gbps) Serial
Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) interface. The F2EG hard drive, employing
advanced PMR technology, achieves greater aerial density and improves transfer
performance as well. The F2EG family of drives is currently being shipped to
major OEM businesses. The 1.5TB HDD is available at $149.00 MSRP.