World's Highest-Capacity 1.8-Inch HDD Brings a New Realm of Storage to Thin and Light Mobile PCs
IRVINE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Dec. 5, 2006
Toshiba Storage Device Division (SDD), the industry pioneer in
small form factor hard disk drives (HDDs), continues to lead
innovation in the mobile HDD category with the introduction of the
world's highest-capacity 1.8-inch HDD. The 100GB(a) two-platter HDD is
based on perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) and propels the
functionality and storage capacity of mobile PCs.
Designed in the "short" 1.8-inch form factor, Toshiba's new
MK1011GAH offers a footprint that is 10 percent smaller than
first-generation 1.8-inch drives. With an areal density of 155.3
Gbit/in2, the drive is specially designed for thin and light mobile
computers with an 8MB cache. In addition, Toshiba's new 1.8-inch
capacity leader features the same tunnel magneto-resistive (TMR) head
technology combined with perpendicular recording that delivered the
company's world-leading 200GB capacity in the 2.5-inch HDD class with
an areal density of 178.8 Gbit/in2.
"We are enhancing the capabilities of PMR with the incorporation
of TMR head technology to deliver another industry-leading mobile
HDD," said Scott Maccabe, vice president and general manager, Toshiba
Storage Device Division. "Toshiba's technology innovation is setting
the bar for mobile HDDs, and our first-to-market position in PMR is
clearly helping us define the possibilities for pushing capacity
limits in the mobile sector with more than two million mobile PMR HDDs
shipped and over a year in commercialization."
Toshiba's 100GB 1.8-inch HDD integrates a low insertion force
(LIF) connector, providing a format that enables mobile PC
manufacturers to easily transition to higher capacities in smaller
footprint HDDs.
Marking its technology leadership in mobile HDDs, Toshiba was
again the world market-share leader in HDD shipments into consumer
electronics applications and tied for the lead in overall mobile HDD
shipments, for the third quarter of 2006 according to leading research
firm IDC(b). Toshiba commands a resounding 80 percent share in the
1.8-inch category, according to IDC, and has shipped more than 40
million 1.8-inch drives since introduction in 2000.
Toshiba's MK1011GAH 1.8-inch HDD is RoHS compliant and will ship
to OEMs for integration into mobile PCs in January 2007. For more
information about Toshiba's full line of small form factor HDDs, visit
http://www.sdd.toshiba.com.
Product Specifications
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Model Number MK1011GAH
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Capacity (Formatted) 100GB
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Number of platters 2
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Number of heads 4
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Average seek time 15 msec
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Data transfer rate 100MB/s
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Rotational speed 4,200 rpm
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Interface ATA-7 (LIF connector)
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External Dimensions (WxDxH; mm) 54.0x71.0x8.0
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Weight 59 g (max.)
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Energy consumption efficiency 0.003 W/GB
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Operating 4,900 m/s2 (500G, 2msec)
Shock resistance
Non-operating 14,700 m/s2 (1,500G, 1msec)
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