Seagate Momentus 5400.3: First shipping 2.5-inch notebook PC disk drive built on perpendicular recording technology. With up to 160GB of capacity, the drive operates with 4,200 rpm power efficiency to extend battery life, and features an areal density of 132Gb/in2.

Sony AIT Turbo drives: First AIT drives to feature a serial ATA (SATA) interface, reducing the cost of tape backup by eliminating the need for SCSI or Fibre Channel adapters in server-attached configurations. The AIT-2 Turbo drive features 80GB native storage capacity, a 12MB/sec sustained native transfer rate and WORM support. It has an MSRP of $1,070. The AIT-1 Turbo delivers 40GB and a 6MB/sec transfer rate, and has an MSRP of $650.

StorCase Technology Data Express Profile DX115: First drive enclosure for serial-attached SCSI disk drives. The enclosure is designed to house low-profile 3.5-inch disk drives in any 5.25-inch drive bay. It also supports 3Gb/sec SATA drives.