Toshiba 1.8-inch 250GB hard drive unveiled
Innovation and Tosh go hand in hand. So it was no surprise that Toshiba became the first company in the world to develop a 250gig 1.8″ hard drive. The 1.8-inch HDDs have been around for a while, but they were limited to 160GB storage capacity. But now with the introduction of Tosh’s MKxx29GSG series ultra portable laptops will offer 250GB storage. Future looks really great to me.
Toshiba’s third-generation 5,400 RPM SATA 1.8 HDD family comes along with the fast data transfer rate of the SATA 3.0 Gb/s interface, and features Toshiba’s state-of-the-art free fall sensor option, which enhances protection from external shock and vibration events. The new drive packs areal densities of 378.8Gb/in2, and boasts a low energy consumption efficiency of 0.0016 watts-per-GB in.
Toshiba’s new family of 1.8-inch HDDs will begin volume shipment to PC manufacturers and distribution partners in December.
PRESS RELEASE
Toshiba Corporation, the industry pioneer in small form factor hard disk drives (HDDs), today announced expansion of its market-leading 1.8-inch lineup with three new high-capacity, high-performance Serial ATA HDDs for mobile PC applications, including the industry’s first 250GB1) 1.8-inch HDD.
Toshiba’s third-generation 5,400 RPM SATA 1.8 HDD family also features 120GB and 160GB capacities, along with the throughput power of the SATA 3.0Gb/s interface. In addition, the new series includes Toshiba’s state-of-the-art free fall sensor option, which enhances protection from external shock and vibration events by responding to drops as low as five inches in height.
This powerful, high-capacity family further broadens Toshiba’s full line of 1.8-inch HDDs to meet the diversified storage needs of both PC and CE manufacturers with products suited to the specific capacity, performance and configuration requirements of each application. Building on Toshiba’s recent introduction of PATA 1.8-inch HDDs with up to 240GB capacities, this new SATA 1.8-inch HDD series enables PC manufacturers to further miniaturize notebook designs without sacrificing functionality.
Toshiba’s concentration on the 1.8-inch HDD platform and leadership in advanced recording technologies have enabled the company to continually push areal densities, to 378.8Gb/in2 in the new series, and to deliver storage capacities that were previously available only from larger form factor HDDs, while decreasing the power consumption required by the storage device. The new 250GB 1.8-inch HDD ( MK2529GSG) achieves a new low of 0.0016 watts-per-GB in energy consumption efficiency2). In addition, incorporation of high-performance features, such as SATA 3.0Gb/s and 5,400RPM disc rotation, will bring to all mobile PCs the benefits of a mature, field-proven storage platform supporting longer battery life, increased shock.
