Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: Agere Systems | Subject: TrueStore CE
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 04 January 2005
Disk drive chipset aims for consumer
devices
Agere Systems has developed a complete chipset for developing small-form-factor disk drives.
Aimed at high-capacity storage in portable consumer electronics, Agere Systems has developed a complete chipset for developing small-form-factor disk drives For the first time, disk drive manufacturers have access to a full set of integrated circuits tailored to the power savings, small size and low cost required to create storage devices for music players, digital cameras, mobile phones, PDAs, notebook PCs and other consumer electronics products
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Agere's TrueStore consumer electronics (CE) chipset includes read-channel, preamplifier, motor controller and hard disk controller solutions the essential silicon required for developing high-performance miniature disk drive form factors from 1.8 down to 0.85in.
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With read and write speeds topping 350Mbit/s, TrueStore CE solutions support today's current storage capacities of 4.0Gbyte in a typical 1.0in drive, as well as future generations of drives with capacities up to 12Gbyte and beyond.
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