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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 Toshiba sets high storage capacity for small drives

Mini-drive is targeted for inclusion in mobile devices by OEM

Ephraim Schwartz InfoWorld

Toshiba Storage Division announced a breakthrough half-terabyte hard disk drive in a 2.5-inch form factor on Wednesday.

The mini-drive is targeted for inclusion in mobile devices by OEMs.

The high-capacity drives are expected to enhance the capabilities and thus the interest in the new class of sub- and mini-notebooks coming into the market.

Toshiba Model MKxx55GSX will most likely also be included in game consoles and printers.

The drive might also be designed as an external storage devices if an OEM is willing to wrap a plastic shell around the drive, add a connector like USB, and sell it as an external storage device.

Weighing only 3.6 ounces as produced by Toshiba even with the additional weight of an external shell, the device could be easily packed in carry-on luggage.

Although the units will ship in volume in December, OEMs may not have products incorporating the devices until the spring.

The Serial-ATA 2-platter drive features 8MB of buffer memory, 3Gbps transfer rate, and a rotational speed of 5,400 RPM.

Additional drives using the same form factor in the product line will include 400GB, 320GB, 250GB, 160GB, and 120GB models.

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Sean Baggaley said on Thu, 20 Nov 2008


Why is this being hailed as some kind of breakthrough?

500Gb 2.5" SATA drives have been available for a while now. Ask Samsung!

macmaitre said on Fri, 21 Nov 2008

Perhaps Toshiba just bought a publicity in Macworld UK.

Notice that half a terabyte sounds more impressive than your run of the mill 500Gb.

Perhaps the weight or the buffer or the transfer rate is the news, I don't know for the other products.

Notice also that Toshiba uses robots withour literary capacity to name this product «Model MKxx55GSX».

:-)

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