Toshiba 1.8-inch HDD achieves 100GB capacity

Toshiba today announced a 1.8-inch drive that offers a storage capacity of 100 gigabytes, the largest capacity yet achieved in this class of HDD.

The new Toshiba MK1011GAH, employs perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology and an improved error correction code to secure the highest areal density of any 1.8-inch HDD in the market, 240.8 megabits per square millimeter (155.3 gigabits per square inch). Toshiba will start mass production of this new best-in-class drive from January 2007

Packing larger data capacities into small form factor HDD is a must to support continued advances in the notebook PC market and to meet growing demand for personal digital media supporting high capacity audio and video applications. Toshiba's new 1.8-inch drive builds on the Company's leadership in this key product segment as the first HDD in its class to achieve a 100GB capacity.

Toshiba will feature the new drive at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007, in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 8 to 11, at booth 12832.

Toshiba's MK1011GAH 1.8-inch HDD is RoHS compliant and will ship to OEMs for integration into mobile PCs in January 2007.

Toshiba MK1011GAH Product Specifications:
- Model Number - MK1011GAH;
- Capacity (Formatted) - 100GB;
- Number of platters - 2;
- Number of heads - 4;
- Average seek time - 15 msec;
- Data transfer rate - 100MB/s;
- Rotational speed - 4,200 rpm;
- Interface - ATA-7 (LIF connector);
- External Dimensions (WxDxH; mm) - 54.0x71.0x8.0;
- Weight - 59 g (max.);
- Energy consumption efficiency 0.003 W/GB.