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| Toshiba Launches New 1.8-inch HDD with Serial ATA Interface Toshiba has announced new 1.8-inch hard disk drives that integrate a performance enhancing serial ATA interface: the MK1216GSG offers a storage capacity of 120GB, while the MK8016GSG has a capacity of 80GB. Mass production of both drives will start in April. Toshiba is committed to bringing the highest levels of performance to mobile PCs, and the new drives achieve this goal. These are the first Toshiba 1.8-inch HDD to employ a serial ATA interface, which boosts data transfer rates beyond those achieved by the parallel ATA interface, and also offer a rotation speed of 5,400 rpm, 29% faster than the current generation of Toshiba HDD. Higher rotation speeds support faster data access in reading and writing and enhance overall drive performance. Alongside high speed data transfer, the new drives offer compact size, high level vibration resistance, and excellent shock resistance. They will support development of light, compact PCs with no compromises in performance. They will also contribute to achievement of environmentally conscious products, thanks to near silent operation and low energy consumption, and full compliance with the EU RoHS directive. Key Features of New Products: 1. Serial ATA interface with high transfer rate: Adoption of the serial ATA interface takes data transfer speeds beyond that of the parallel ATA interface and achieves high performance specs for mobile PCs. 2. High rotational speed: The drives operate at a maximum rotation speed of 5,400 rpm, 29% faster than Toshiba's current 120GB 1.8-inch HDD (MK1214GAH), supporting much faster data transfers. 3. Compact and light: The new drives are compact and light compared to 2.5-inch HDD with the same formatted capacity, and optimized for mobile PC applications. 4. High vibration and shock resistance: Compared to a 2.5-inch HDD with the same formatted capacity, the new drives offer the higher levels of vibration and shock resistance needed in mobile PCs. 5. Environmentally conscious products offering efficient power consumption: Alongside capacity improvement, Toshiba has also achieved power consumption efficiency of 0.00375W/GB for the MK1216GSG, as defined in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Energy Conservation Law, assuring a more environmentally friendly design. The new drives also comply with the EU's RoHS directive. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Computing News :: home page |