Toshiba's New 1.8-inch HDD Achieves 160GB, the Industry's Largest*1 Storage Capacity for Drive with a Serial ATA Interface
Taken from the Toshiba website.
Toshiba Corporation today announced a new line-up of 1.8-inch hard
disk drives (HDD) adopting a serial ATA interface, including the
industry's first*1 drive of this type with a capacity of 160 gigabytes.
The new 160GB drive, MK1617GSG, and an 80GB drive, MK8017GSG, will
enter mass production in August.
Toshiba's new 1.8-inch HDDs
boost interface speed to 1.5Gbps and offer a rotation speed of 5,400
rpm, faster than the current generation of Toshiba 1.8-inch HDD
(MK1214GAH, parallel ATA, 120GB). By realizing the industry's first
160GB 1.8-inch drive with a serial ATA interface, Toshiba assures that
mobile PCs will be able to meet the most demanding user needs.
The new MK1617GSG drive is more environmentally efficient than
Toshiba's current MK1216GSG (120GB) model, and raises energy
consumption efficiency, as defined under the Japanese legal standard,
to 0.00281W/GB, a 25% improvement. The drive improves the maximum
internal data transfer rate by approximately 17%, and supports faster
data access in reading and writing that enhances overall performance.
Alongside Toshiba's 1.8-inch HDD of 80GB and 120GB serial ATA interface
drives already in the market, the new drives will provide product
manufacturers with a broad line-up that supports diverse applications.
The new drives will also contribute to achievement of environmentally
conscious products in full compliance with the EU's RoHS directive*2.
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