The latest Fujitsu MHX2300BT Series, designed for use primarily in multifunctional mobile PCs and digital TVs, is the world's first 2.5" PMR hard disk drives to offer an storage capacity of 300GB.

The A7S, G2S and W2W series, will feature the Fujitsu 2.5" SATA 300GB hard disk drive. The ASUS notebooks incorporated with Fujitsu 2.5" SATA 300GB are offering the capacity needed to store terrestrial broadcasting digital TV contents. In addition, the MHX2300BT series operates with a low power consumption of 1.6W, minimum noise level and high shock tolerance.

"Digital entertainment on the go is on the rise and notebooks are being used to run more power intensive applications," said Tony Chen, General Manager of ASUS Notebooks Business. "Our notebooks with the Fujitsu 300GB 2.5" SATA hard disk drives provide the answer to users who have been demanding for higher performance machines."

"In a competitive marketplace, we've always presented our customer the leading technology with best in class quality," says Norihito Aramaki, General Manager, Fujitsu HDD Asia Operation / Fujitsu Taiwan LTD., "We believe our high capacity strategy product will help Asus stay ahead of their competition and continue to deliver high-end notebook PC in worldwide."

Hard Disk Drive Specifications

- Capacity: 300GB
- Rotational Speed: 4200 RPM
- Interface: SATA 2.5, ATA-8
- Native Command Queuing
- DIPM and HIPM Supported
- Staggered Spin Up & Active LED Supported
- Hot Plug
- Best in Class Read / Write Power Consumption: 1.6W typ.
- Idle Power Consumption: 0.5W typ.
- Track to Track Seek Time: 1.5ms typ.
- Host Transfer rate: 150MB/s max.
- Operating Shock: 300G (2ms)