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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 25, 2001 TOSHIBA INTRODUCES “BEST OF BOTH WORLDS” 20GB HDD FAMILY WITH INDUSTRY-LEADING AREAL DENSITY AND LATEST TECHNOLOGY High-capacity HDD provides a unique choice between FDB and ball bearing motor technologies and ensures supply to all PC and non-PC customers
IRVINE, Calif, Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC), Storage Device Division (SDD) today announced its new 20GB per platter family of industry-leading 2.5-inch hard disk drives (HDDs). These new drives will offer the industry’s highest areal density at 35.1 gigabits per square inch and are available with either fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) or ball bearing motor technology to meet the technical performance requirements of both mobile PCs and emerging storage applications. Toshiba is the industry pioneer in small form factor, high-capacity HDDs essential for the fast-evolving mobile PC market. Toshiba is the only HDD supplier to reach this areal density using ball bearing technology, which is primarily suited for non-PC applications such as printers that do not specify or require the noise reduction characteristics afforded by FDB technology. PC OEMs have increasingly looked to HDDs with FDB motor technology to reduce ambient drive noise in mobile PCs. The combination of a single HDD family with both offerings means Toshiba customers enjoy the most secure supply source the storage industry can offer. “Our new 20GB per platter family gives our customers a unique advantage of both the technical specifications and sustainable supply that they require from a leading storage partner,” said Amy Lian, director of Toshiba’s HDD business unit. “Certain customers want FDB because of its acoustics. But for many other customers, the low acoustic noise of a Toshiba HDD with a ball bearing motor provides more than adequate performance with consistent supply and a proven technology. It’s the best of both worlds in one family at the key capacities needed to support popular multimedia and data storage applications.”
Technology Prowess in a Small Form Factor At 40GB and 20GB, Toshiba’s new family offers capacities that can accommodate a spectrum of storage needs for portable video recording and editing, large graphics files and other multimedia applications. The family’s high capacity and technical performance capabilities provide the ideal storage for today’s multi-functional mobile PCs, as well as non-PC applications such as telematics, telecommunications, printers, copiers, GPS systems and MP3 players. Toshiba SDD will begin mass production of the new HDD family in July. Product outline: 2.5-inch HDD
Storage Device
Division Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC), recognized as one of the largest suppliers of semiconductor, electronic component and storage solutions, is the North American engineering, manufacturing, marketing and sales arm of Japan’s Toshiba Semiconductor Company and Toshiba Display Devices and Components Company. The Toshiba Semiconductor Company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of semiconductor products including LSIs, microprocessors and controllers, and advanced memory products, in addition to discrete and analog peripheral components. TAEC is also responsible for sales and marketing of other major electronic components including liquid crystal displays, color display and picture tubes, lithium-ion and other secondary batteries. For additional information, please visit TAEC’s Web site at www.toshiba.com/taec.
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