Hitachi today started shipping the fourth generation of 7,200 RPM mobile hard drive, the Travelstar 7K320. The new 2.5” hard drive will offer 60% more storage, 12% performance improvement and 22% less power consumption. The hard drive will come with Bulk Data Encryption for increased data security. Travelstar 7K320 will have 12ms average read time and 4.2ms average latency. The drive will use 0.8w power in idle state and 1.0w in active state. It uses SATA 3Gb/s interface to connect with the computer. The 320GB hard drive is available for $219.
[Via Business Wire]