Maxtor heeft een nieuwe UltraATA/66 harddisk aangekondigd. Het ding heeft een capaciteit van 27,2Gb, dus genoeg space om rare plaatjes te storen 
Maxtor Corporation today announced the DiamondMax 6800 hard disk drive, the newest addition to its award-winning DiamondMax product line. With 6.8 GB of capacity per disk, the powerful new drive provides up to 27.2 gigabytes of high performance storage, the highest capacity in its class for today's video, audio, and Internet computing needs.Building on Maxtor's tradition of leadership products, the DiamondMax 6800 features a new dual-microprocessor controller for enhanced performance. The Maxtor DualWave(TM) processor uses the power of two high-speed processors, which improves drive and system performance through a 90% reduction in drive command overhead.
[...]The DiamondMax 6800 features an average seek time of 9 ms, a 2 MB buffer, and the UltraDMA 66 interface. The 2 MB buffer is 4 times larger than the buffer in Maxtor's previous generation 5400 RPM products, and incorporates high-speed 100MHz SDRAM memory for sustained UDMA-66 transfers. As a result, the DiamondMax 6800 allows computer users lightning-fast access to large files whether these files are digital video or audio, for use in developing applications, for personal entertainment, for set-top boxes, or as part of creative ventures.
Levering begint in juni voor een prijs van 399 dollar.
