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Seagate ST1.3 Series
The Seagate ST1.3 series is Seagate's latest addition to their ST1 family of 1" drives. Such small drives are targeted at handheld devices and mobile phones, as well as USB storage devices like the Pocket Hard Drive.
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Seagate used Perpendicular Recording Technology to achieve an amazing capacity of 12GB with this drive. In addition, Seagate managed to reduce its power consumption by 30%, compared to its predecessor!
This new drive will also feature technologies like :
- Seagate SoftSonic acoustic dampening technology which makes the drive virtually silent to the human ear
- Seagate RunOn technology which enables smooth audio and video streaming even under high-motion conditions
- G-Force Protection technology which increases its capability to sustain impacts of up to 2000 Gs
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The ST1.3 series will debut in the fourth quarter of 2006 supporting the IDE interface. Seagate will initially offer a single capacity of 12GB.
Here is a list of its key features :
- Tiny 1" form factor with dimensions of only 40 mm x 30 mm x 5 mm
- Weighs only 14 g
- Uses 30% less power than its predecessor
- Optional drop-sensing technology improves its shock tolerance to 2000 Gs
- Fluid dynamic bearing motor which delivers near silent performance
- One second time-to-ready allows faster startups
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Model |
• ST612712DEG (with drop-sensing technology) |
Form Factor |
• 1" |
Supported Interfaces |
• IDE |
Connector |
• 35-pin ZIF Connector |
Dimensions |
• 40 mm long |
Weight |
• 14 g |
Rated Capacity |
• 12 GB |
Spindle Speed |
• 3600 RPM |
Cache |
• 2 MB |
Max. Effective Transfer Rate |
• 10.2 MB/s |
Average Read Access Time |
• 20 ms |
Average Write Access Time |
• 22 ms |
Non-Operating Shock |
• 2000 Gs @ 1 ms |
Operating Shock |
• 2000 Gs @ 1 ms (with drop-sensing technology) |
Controlled Start-Stops |
• 300,000 |
Power-On To Ready |
• 1.0 second |
Voltage |
• 3.3 V |
Max Current Draw |
• 270 mA |
Spin-Up Current Draw |
• 180 mA |
Write Average Current Draw |
• 240 mA |
Read Average Current Draw |
• 230 mA |
Idle Average Current Draw |
• 77 mA |
Average Audio Current Draw |
• 0.6 mA @ 64kbps eAAC+, 32MB host buffer, 0.11% duty cycle |
Average Video Current Draw |
• 3.5 mA @ 384kbps CIF 15fps, 32MB host buffer, 0.7% duty cycle |
Standby / Sleep Current Draw |
• 13 mA |
Idle Acoustics |
• 1.6 bels typical |
Operating Acoustics |
• 1.7 bels typical |
Operating Temperature |
• 0 to 70 °C |
Non-Operating Temperature |
• -40 to 70 °C |
Operating Humidity |
• 5 to 90 % |
Non-Operating Humidity |
• 5 to 95 % |
Operating Altitude |
• -60 to 3,000 m |
Non-Operating Altitude |
• -60 to 12,000 m |
