Seagate Technologywill be working with Intel Corp. to demonstrate new advancements in solid state hybrid drives (SSHD) at this year’s Intel Developer Forum
In the Advanced Technology Zone of the event, Intel will demonstrate Seagate’s latest solid state hybrid drive design, accelerated with Intel’s Smart Response Technology, which run common office productivity applications almost on par with solid state drives.
Solid state hybrid drives combine performance similar to a solid state drive with the large capacity of a hard disk drive in a single disk drive enclosure, Seagate said.
Each year, Intel’s strategic partners gather at the forum to see the new advancements in personal computing. At this year’s forum, Intel will announce support for the Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) Hybrid Information Feature with Intel Smart Response Technology, targeted for a release in the second half of 2013. Intel Smart Response Technology is expected to accelerate the performance of solid state hybrid drives enabled with the SATA IO Hybrid Information Feature by up to 30 per cent, as measured by the PCMark Vantage HDD suite, the company said.
Emil Yappert, vice president of product line management at Seagate, said solid state hybrid drives will help Ultrabook designers achieve key price points and performance goals. SSHD products are being embraced by industry leaders such as Intel as demonstrated by the collaborative efforts with the SATA-IO member companies leading to Seagate’s new hybrid drive capabilities, which can significantly improve SSHD performance and help drive general adoption in the PC ecosystem during 2013 and beyond.