Toshiba Crosses Finish Line First, Delivering
Hard Disk Drive Based on Perpendicular Magnetic Recording
Toshiba Storage Device Division, an industry provider of small form
factor hard disk drives, recently shipped the world’s first HDD-based
on perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR). The new 1.8-inch HDD,
used primarily in consumer electronics devices, enables up to 10,000
songs or 25,000 photos on a single 40 GB platter, the single largest
single-platter capacity yet achieved in the 1.8-inch form factor.
This breakthrough technology sets new benchmarks for data density
with the highest areal density currently on the market at 206
megabits per square millimeter (133 gigabits per square inch).
“Toshiba has started an exciting new frontier for the HDD industry
by leading the race to achieve this revolutionary technology, which
has been the industry’s aim for more than 20 years,” said Scott
Maccabe, VP, Toshiba Storage Device Division. “PMR opens the door to
products we haven’t even begun to imagine, by removing the technical
barriers inherent to packing more data on an HDD. Providing greater
storage capacity on mobile disk drives allows Toshiba to give system
OEMs the tools they need for next-generation digital information and
entertainment devices.”
Toshiba acquired a design center in Freemont, Calif., to help
US-based engineers and OEMs create new products using platforms such
as PMR to span beyond the limits of today’s conventional digital
products. The 1.8-inch HDD form factor has been a critical component
for consumer electronics products from MP3 players to handheld GPS
systems and ultra-portable PCs. To date, Toshiba has shipped more
than 14 million 1.8-inch HDDs since its introduction in mid-2000.
The addition of PMR technology will increase capacity optionsfor
product designs beyond those currently on the market today,
especially as Toshiba introduces an 80 GB 1.8-inch HDD with PMR
later this year.
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