Seagate company , which considers itself a pioneer of hybrid drives that combine magnetic plates and solid-state memory will no longer promote these storage devices alone. This week, Western Digital said it began shipping samples of hybrid drives with case thickness of 5 mm.
From the characteristics of its hybrid solutions WD mentioned only a plate of 500 GB solid-state memory such as MLC. More information WD representatives promised to make public this Thursday in a meeting with investors.
Among WD partners , which will use the new hybrid drives in its ultra-thin laptops, mentioned Acer and Asustek Computer.