Toshiba's New 1.8-Inch HDD 160GB

[TechMan™]

Jun 11, 2008 01:00
Toshiba's New 1.8-Inch HDD Achieves 160GB, the Industry's Largest(1) Storage Capacity for Drive with a Serial ATA Interface
TOKYO —(Business Wire)— Jun. 11, 2008 Toshiba Corporation today announced a new line-up of 1.8-inch hard disk (http://gizmodo.com/tag/hard-disk/) drives (HDD) adopting a serial ATA interface, including the industry's first(1) drive of this type with a capacity of 160 gigabytes. The new 160GB drive, MK1617GSG, and an 80GB drive, MK8017GSG, will enter mass production in August.
Toshiba's new 1.8-inch HDDs boost interface speed to 1.5Gbps and offer a rotation speed of 5,400 rpm, faster than the current generation of Toshiba 1.8-inch HDD (MK1214GAH, parallel ATA, 120GB). By realizing the industry's first 160GB 1.8-inch drive with a serial ATA interface, Toshiba assures that mobile PCs will be able to meet the most demanding user needs.
The new MK1617GSG drive is more environmentally efficient than Toshiba's current MK1216GSG (120GB) model, and raises energy consumption efficiency, as defined under the Japanese legal standard, to 0.00281W/GB, a 25% improvement. The drive improves the maximum internal data transfer rate by approximately 17%, and supports faster data access in reading and writing that enhances overall performance.
Alongside Toshiba's 1.8-inch HDD of 80GB and 120GB serial ATA interface drives already in the market, the new drives will provide product manufacturers with a broad line-up that supports diverse applications. The new drives will also contribute to achievement of environmentally conscious products in full compliance with the EU's RoHS directive(2). -0-
Outline of New Models
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Model name Formatted Capacity Dimensions Weight
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MK1617GSG 160GB 54.0 x 78.5 x 8.0mm 62g
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MK8017GSG 80GB 54.0 x 78.5 x 8.0mm 60g

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Main Specifications
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Model name MK1617GSG MK8017GSG
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Formatted capacity 160GB 80GB
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Number of platters 2 1
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Number of heads 4 2
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Average seek time 15msec
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Rotational speed 5,400rpm
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Interface Serial-ATA
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Interface speed 1.5Gbps
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Dimensions (W x D x H, mm) 54.0 (W) x 78.5 (D) x 8.0 (H)
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Weight 62g (max) 60g (max)
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Energy consumption efficiency 0.00281W/GB 0.00563W/GB
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Operating: 4,900 m/s2 (500G, 2msec)
Shock resistance —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—
Non-operating: 14,700 m/s2 (1,500G, 1msec)

From:gizmodo

[aquasesh]

Sadly, it will not fit into the Shift ;)

Just get this one...

http://clevery.co.jp/eshop/g/g2080319163458/