DESCRIPTION
CHAPTER 2 DESCRIPTION
This chapter summarizes general functions and key features of the Spinpoint V40 drive, as well as the standards and regulations they meet.
2.1Introduction
The Samsung SpinPoint V40 3.5 inch disk drives are high capacity, high performance random access storage devices, which use
The SpinPoint V40 drives include the AT controller embedded in the disk drive PCB electronics. The drive's electrical interface is compatible with all mandatory, optional and
Drive size conforms to the industry standard
The SpinPoint V40 incorporates Advanced GMR (Giant Magneto Resistive) head and Noise Predictive PRML (Partial Response Maximum Likelihood) signal processing technologies. These advanced technologies allow for an areal density of over 29.18 gigabits per square inch and storage capacity of over 40.06 gigabytes per disk.
The heads, disk(s), and actuator housing are environmentally sealed within an
2.2Key Features
Key features of the SpinPoint V40 hard disk drives include:
•Formatted capacities are 20.0,30.06, 40.0, 60.0,60.06 and 80.0 Gbytes
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•8.9 msec average seek time
•High accuracy rotary voice coil actuator with embedded sector servo
•Ultra ATA33/66/100 interface
•ATA standard PIO Mode 4/DMA Mode 2/Ultra DMA Mode 4 & 5(UDMA 66/100) support
•Supports both CHS and LBA Addressing modes
•Supports all logical geometries as programmed by the host
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