Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:54:26 +0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 30Gb x 9.5mm x 2.5" HDD - "available March" FYI! Appropriated from http://www.idg.net/ec?go=1&content_source_id=13&link_id=401790 _______________________________________________________________________ Toshiba develops 30-gigabyte 2.5-inch hard drive by Martyn Williams, IDG News Service\Tokyo Bureau January 22, 2001, 00:24 Toshiba is shipping samples of a new 2.5-inch hard drive that boasts a storage capacity of 30G bytes -- the highest yet in this form factor, according to the company. The new drive has an areal density of 26.7G bits per square inch. This means 15G bytes of data can be crammed onto a single 2.5 inch disk platter, of which two are fitted into the 30G byte drive. A companion single platter 15G-byte drive is also shipping in sample quantities, Toshiba said in a statement. Although higher-capacity hard drives are available, they are generally based on 3.5 inch platters and are larger in overall size than the new Toshiba products which are 9.5 millimeters high, 100 millimeters long and 70 millimeters wide. The drives feature an average seek time of 13 milliseconds and a data transfer rate of 100M bits per second, while rotational speed is 4,200 rpm. They weigh under 100 grams. Additionally, the drives can withstand 175 times the force of gravity (G) of operational shock and 800G of non-operating shock, the company said. Because of their high capacity and small size, Toshiba is targeting the drives at use beyond the desktop or notebook computer markets. The company said the drives could bring increased functionality to PDAs (personal digital assistants), digital music players, video cameras and other products that make use of audio-visual data. The drives are expected to be available commercially from March this year, a spokeswoman said. Pricing, either for the sample or commercial product, was not available from the company. Toshiba, in Tokyo, can be contacted via the Web at http://www.toshiba.co.jp/. Copyright (c) 2001 International Data Group. All Rights Reserved. ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------UNSUBSCRIBE------- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe --------UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **************************************************************
