Toshiba Expands 2.5-inch HDD for Three Mobile HDD Families

By DE Editors

Toshiba Storage Device Division (SDD; Irvine, CA) announced 320GB 2.5-inch hard disk drive (HDD) as the lead product in a new series of 5,400rpm notebook drives. The company also expanded into the high-end 7,200rpm performance class with a family of products offering up to 200GB capacity.

Toshiba’s new 5,400rpm 2.5-inch HDDs feature capacity points from 80GB to 320GB, using both 120GB-per-platter and 160GB-per-platter designs in the MK-46GSX and MK-52GSX families, respectively. The high-end 7,200rpm MK-49GSY series features capacity points of 80GB to 200GB. All three families support the Serial ATA interface at a 3.0 Gbps data transfer rate, and free-fall sensor options are available on select models.

The company’s 2.5-inch HDD lineup now spans from the existing 200GB 4,200rpm MK2035GSS to the mainstream market with the new 5,400rpm MK-GSX series and, finally, to the high-performance category with the new 7,200rpm MK-GSY offering.

Toshiba has also designed a state-of-the-art free-fall sensor option that enables the drive to respond to 10-inch or greater drops when integrated in OEM systems. It features Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) events reporting and has been adopted by the industry as part of the upcoming ATA-8 interface specification.

Toshiba’s new HDD families are RoHS3 compliant and will begin production in the fourth quarter of 2007.

For more information about Toshiba‘s line of 2.5-inch HDDs, please go to the company’s website.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.