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15,000 RPM S-ATA?

Unlikely. There would be no point, as 15k is generally reserved for servers (And optomized for server usage )

That, and I don't think WD has 15k technology. They're the only champions of <7200RPM drives, so..
 
Yea dont forget about the Raptor! (Read my massive thread on it lol)

It's sort of a hybrid between the 10,000/15,000 rpm SCSI server behemoths and 7,200 desktop HDDs

*Well, I wouldnt say a "hybrid" persay other than it fills a gap.
 
Not exactly SATA but Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is going to hit 15k rpm. Is it coming soon? No. It is however compatible with SATA drives/interface so presumably in the future you can buy whatever hard drive you need for your use. I'm sure most power users will get the 15k SAS drives of course, noise be damned. The only snag might be it'll require buying a SAS controller card since the current SATA controllers on cards and mobos most likely do not support SAS.

http://computerpoweruser.com/editorial/...&guid=EE496B32D1904C3BB489E3FB5AED71C2
 
I am looking forward to a 36GB 16MB 15Krpm SAS drive. That would be smokin. Plus you can put all your SATA and IDE drives on the SAS controller too. Actually by the time SAS gets here they'll probably be >74GB. Goodness 🙂
 
Since WD doesn't have a SCSI division to cannibalize with a faster SATA drive, it makes you wonder if there is a physical limit to how fast you can spin these platters. Since SCSI drives have 2.5" platters, the outer edge isn't traveling as quickly as drive with a 3.5" platter (assuming spindle speeds are the same). This could be similar to the reason we don't see CD drives faster than 52x or so due to physical limitations of the disc.
 
Actually Kenwood had a line of multiple laser CDROMs that hit 75x. I think they died out quikcly though, because they were expensive.
 
The Kenwood drives weren't spinning any faster than about 15x at the time,
the speed boost for them was because they could aggregate the reading from
the 5 laser inputs. IIRC.
 
Originally posted by: CQuinn
The Kenwood drives weren't spinning any faster than about 15x at the time,
the speed boost for them was because they could aggregate the reading from
the 5 laser inputs. IIRC.
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That's right. I've always wondered why this used anymore, it would really help with DVD.
 
Zen technologies had lots of problems reading non pressed discs. The problem would be far worse in the DVD realm (650nM). Of course the spindle speed would be even further reduced.

The electronics themselves also proved to be rather unreliable.
 
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