Toshiba MK1011GA 100GB 1.8-inch drive

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Toshiba Corporation today announced a 1.8-inch drive that offers a storage capacity of 100 gigabytes, the largest capacity yet achieved in this class of HDD. The new Toshiba drive, MK1011GAH, employs perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology and an improved error correction code to secure the highest areal density of any 1.8-inch HDD in the market, 240.8 megabits per square millimeter (155.3 gigabits per square inch).This latest Toshiba advance meets needs for enhanced, lightweight storage capacities and will support the storage of multiple data sources, including home video and movies, and will bring users improved functionality.


The new Toshiba drive MK1011GAH also complies with the EU’s RoHS directive, which came into force in July 2006. Toshiba will feature the new drive at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007, in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 8 to 11, at booth 12832.
Toshiba will start mass production of this new best-in-class drive from January 2007.
Via – Toshiba (Japanese)