Toshiba Extends PMR to 'Short' 1.8" HDD Family

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Toshiba says it has extended PMR technology to its "short" 1.8-inch HDD family. With a 10 percent smaller footprint than its first-generation 1.8-inch PMR HDDs and up to 80GB of capacity, Toshiba's new 1.8-inch HDD family can hold up to 40.000 songs, 200 hours of video or 3.000 photos. The 4.200 RPM, single-platter, 40GB Toshiba MK4009GAL and double-platter, 80GB Toshiba MK8009GAH products are specially designed for consumer electronics devices and ultra-portable PCs to provide higher capacity in a smaller form factor for true convergence of digital content in the mobile environment. These Toshiba HDDs deliver an increased areal density of 134 gigabits per square inch and offer improved media rates of 356.8 Mbps.

Toshiba's short 1.8-inch HDD family integrates a low insertion force connector, providing a format that enables CE and PC manufacturers to easily transition to higher capacity in smaller footprint HDDs. As a result, these Toshiba's drives meet common design specifications for consumer electronics products, such as digital audio players, portable media players, handheld GPS navigation units, digital video camcorders and other devices. Because the short 1.8-inch HDD family now offers an 8MB buffer, these drives also are suitable for mobile computers, providing a high-capacity, smaller footprint HDD to PC OEMs for ultra-portable designs.

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