IRVINE, Calif., April 10, 1995 -- Toshiba America Information
Systems, Inc., Disk Products Division (TAIS, DPD) today introduced
the 1.35GB MK-2720F Series; the world's highest capacity 2.5-inch
hard disk drive. This new high capacity drive was designed to
provide today's multimedia notebook computers with high capacity,
high performance and high reliability.
The new MK-2720F Series 1.35GB drives offer a fast 13ms average seek
time and an impressive 100G operating shock. "The new MK-2720F
drives meet the increasing demands for multimedia computing," said
Scott Smith, vice president of marketing, TAIS, DPD. "Today, more
and more notebook computers are being used for multimedia
presentations where increased storage capacity is a necessity.
In addition, the high capacity of these drives make them perfect
for use in docking stations."
The new MK-2720F Series 1.35GB drive is available with a Fast ATA
or SCSI-2 interface. The drive features a fast 4200rpm rotational
speed and a 128KB write cache buffer which contribute to a peak
internal data rate of up to 44.9Mbits/sec. The new drive also
offers fast data transfer: the MK-2720FB SCSI-2 1.35GB drive
provides data transfer at 10MB/sec synchronous and 6MB/sec
asynchronous; the MK-2720FC Fast ATA 1.35GB drive supports data
transfer at 16.6MB/sec in PIO mode 4 and DMA mode 2.
The new MK-2720F drives offer several power-saving features that
help system manufacturers deliver maximum battery life.
Specifically, the new drives average only 1.4 watts of power and
feature a fast 5 second spin-up time to optimize battery life.
The MK-2720F Series drives rounds out Toshiba's product offering of
2.5-inch disk drives to give the company the widest breadth of
product line. Toshiba's line of 19mm 2.5-inch drives range in
capacity from 210MB up to 1.35GB, and its line of 12.7mm slimline
drives, including the new 815MB MK-1926F Series, range from 131MB
to 815MB in capacity.
The MK-2720F Series drive weighs only 220 grams and measures a
slim 19mm high. The drives feature a 300,000 hour MTBF.
The MK-2720F Series 1.35GB drives are priced at $475 in quantities
and will be available beginning 2Q 1995.
Headquartered in Irvine, California, TAIS is comprised of seven
divisions which manufacture and market a wide range of business
and information-oriented products in the United States. Products
include portable computers, disk drives, CD-ROM drives, plain
paper copiers, facsimile systems, digital key telephones and PBX
systems, voice mail systems and toner products.
TAIS is an independent operating company, owned by Toshiba America
Inc., a subsidiary of the $44.9 billion Toshiba Corporation, a
world leader in high-technology products with 138 major consolidated
subsidiaries worldwide.
The TAIS Disk Products Division markets a wide range of
industry-standard Winchester and CD-ROM disk drives in the United
States. For additional product information, contact Toshiba America
Information Systems, Inc., Disk Products Division, 9740 Irvine Blvd.,
Irvine, CA 92713; telephone (714) 457-0777.
