Samsung announced its SpinPoint M8 1-terabyte internal hard disk drive for laptops. The high-capacity drive features two 500-GB platters and is 0.37 inches high. Samsung reduced the number of components such as disks and heads, which contributes approximately 7% increase in operation speeds and 8% decline in power demand than its previous drives. The drive operates at 3 gigabits per second SATA interface, provides an 8-MB buffer memory, and has minimal noise levels and shock resistance.”]
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