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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
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Toshiba Launches 2.5-inch HDD Series With 500GB Per Platter
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Toshiba today announced its first HDD model with a 1TB capacity in
the industry-standard 9.5mm high form factor. The MQ01ABD100 is
Toshiba?s first model to deliver 500GB of memory per platter.
The 5400 RPM 2.5-inch (6.4cm) single platter SATA HDD has been
engineered to deliver a high performance, energy efficient and
uncompromised storage solution for high-end multimedia and gaming
devices.
The MQ01ABD100 delivers an impressive energy consumption efficiency
of 0.00055 i and the lowest energy consumption efficiency among
similar capacity 3.5-inch (8.8cm) and 2.5-inch (6.4cm) drives from
other industry players.
Forming part of a series of advanced format technology HDDs, the
MQ01ABD100 is also developed to deliver a higher internal transfer
rate with leading recording density.
The new family of HDDs features the following products; the
MQ01ABD100, the MQ01ABD075, the MQ01ABD050, the MQ01ABD032, and
MQ01ABD025, all with capacities of 1TB, 750GB, 500GB, 320GB and
250GB respectively.
The MQ01ABDxxx will be available from August 2011.
Model Number: MQ01ABD100, 075, 050, 032, 025
Maximum Capacity (Formatted): 1000/750//500/320/250
Number of platters: 2 // 1
Areal density (max): 1153.4Mb/mm2 (744.1Gb/in2)
Media transfer rate (max): 1288.6Mbps
Average seek time: 12 ms
Rotational speed: 5400 RPM
Buffer memory: 8 MB
Interface:Serial ATA Revision 2.6 (ATA-8)
Interface transfer rate: 3 Gb/s
External dimensions (WxDxH mm):69.85 mm x 100.0 mm x 9.5 mm
Weight (g): 112//102 g (typ)
Energy consumption efficiency:
0.00055/0.00074//0.0011/0.0018/0.0022
Shock resistance:
Operating 3,920m/s2 (400G) 2ms
Non-operating 8,820m/s2 (900G) 1ms
Acoustics:
Idle 23 // 17 dB
Seek 24 // 19 dB |
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