Toshiba 240GB 1.8-inch hard drive released
Toshiba has announced the world’s first dual-platter 240GB (MK2431GAH) and single-platter 120GB (MKxx31GAL series) 1.8-inch HDDs for UMPCs, portable media players, and camcorders. Toshiba’s two new Parallel ATA HDD families feature the industry’s highest areal density at 344 gigabits-per-square-inch, using fourth-generation perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology.
The 4,200 RPM hard drives features 8MB buffer, and incorporates power efficient features taking power performance to new levels with a 33 percent overall improvement in energy consumption efficiency over Toshiba’s previous generation two-platter, 160GB 3,600 RPM 1.8-inch model. In addition, Toshiba’s entire line of new 4,200 RPM 1.8-inch HDDs delivers solid performance while state-of-the-art electrical components reduce power consumption during read and write operations by 20 percent, resulting in a cumulative improvement in power management.
Toshiba’s new 1.8-inch HDDs will be incorporated into CE and mobile PC products shipping this holiday season.
