Seagate Technology announced that it is shipping the second generation of its Momentus XT drive.

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The Momentus XT drives include a flash memory cache inside of the hard disk drive.

FORBES: New Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive is Faster and Vaster

Seagate says that the new Momentus XT drive is nearly 70% faster than the prior generation product (introduced in 2010) and up to three times faster than a traditional HDD.

FORBES: New Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive is Faster and Vaster