A common problem with notebooks and their low-capacity drives is probably the history now. Toshiba’s Storage Device Division (SDD) has introduced a 200 GB, 2.5-inch HDD, based on advanced Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) technology. This second-generation PMR offering also features, according to Toshiba, the world’s highest areal density at 178.8 GB per square inch, and the highest capacity in the standard 9.5-mm mobile PC format. At 98gms, the new 2.5-inch HDD is light-weight, and incorporates the Serial ATA (SATA) II interface with native command queuing that enables faster data transfer rates and improved technical performance. The HDD boasts of boosting data capacity to 1.67 times that of Toshiba’s highest capacity, conventional 2.5-inch drive. The new drive is a slim 9.5 mm, as it contains just two hard-disk platters and four heads.
According to Toshiba, with its new HDD, mobile PC manufacturers can create value with end consumers by providing enough capacity for gaming, video, music, and other multimedia applications. The mass production of the 2.5-inch 200GB MK2035GSS HDD will start in August 2006. Toshiba is the industry leader in mobile HDD shipments (2.5 inch or smaller form factors), with a 29 percent market share. The company has held this position since Q3 of 2005. This is a really huge jump from current biggest drives offering 120 GB and also a great news for all us, filesharers. The size of current games and movies is still increasing so every additional gigabyte is really welcomed change…
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