A division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., (TAIS), the Storage Device Division works in tandem with its parent company to utilize the company's full manufacturing, research & development, administrative and service capabilities. The Storage Device Division is a one of six TAIS divisions, organized into two business groups, which manufacture, market and service a wide range of business and information-oriented products in the United States and Latin America.

In addition to storage technologies, TAIS products include portable and desktop computers, PC servers and storage subsystems; voice-mail systems; digital business telephone systems; interactive voice-response systems; network systems and digital cameras. TAIS is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America Inc., a subsidiary of the $52 billion Toshiba Corp. The eighth-largest computer and electronics company and the world’s 26th largest industrial corporation in sales, Toshiba Corp. is a world leader in technology products with more than 300 major subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide.

Founding Dates:
Toshiba Corp. - 1875
Toshiba America, Inc. - 1964
Storage Device Division - 1985

Product Offerings:
Toshiba’s optical and hard disk drive line-up features a broad array of storage solutions designed to meet the needs of today’s computer users. Toshiba provides optical products for both desktop and mobile computer systems, while focusing on the mobile and emerging consumer electronics markets for its hard disk drive product lines.

DVD-ROM
A founding developer of DVD, Toshiba brought to market one of the industry's first DVD-ROM drives in 1997. Today, Toshiba markets DVD-ROM drives for both desktop and portable computers. Toshiba customers appreciate the high-capacity storage functionality of DVD, which allows them to enjoy interactive data, digital video and audio playback capabilities. DVD-ROM media ranges in capacities from 4.7GB – which is enough storage to hold full-length Hollywood movie – to 17GB – which is enough capacity for several movies.

DVD-RAM
Toshiba developed DVD-RAM drives to provide computer users with a rewritable storage technology that offers high-capacity data storage in a random access format for reading, writing and erasing data. The most technically excellent DVD rewritable format, DVD-RAM also is cost efficient when considering the amount of storage for the price of the media – a mere penny per megabyte. Because of its enormous storage capacity, Toshiba DVD-RAM drives are perfectly suited for businesses and consumers needing a highly reliable storage device for multimedia, backup and data archiving applications. In addition, DVD-RAM is compatible with all DVD and CD formats.

COMBINATION CD-RW/DVD-ROM
The ideal optical storage product, Toshiba's CD-RW/DVD-ROM desktop and mobile combination drives join the low-cost rewritability of a CD-RW drive with the high-capacity storage and multimedia capabilities of DVD. Combination drives offer "three-in-one" functionality with CD-R/CD-RW, DVD-ROM and CD-ROM compatibility.

CD-R/CD-RW
Toshiba recently extended its mobile rewritable technology leadership to the popular CD-R/RW format. Toshiba now offers slim-line CD-R/RW drive that provides customers with a small, slim, light and low-power notebook storage solution for mobile computer users.

Hard Disk Drives - 2.5-inch
Toshiba's focus on 2.5-inch hard disk drives for the mobile marketplace has enabled the company to excel in developing products that meet the durability and space/weight requirements of the mobile environment. With areal densities of up to 35.1 gigabits per square inch, Toshiba continually leads the industry in delivering mobile drives with best-in-class performance to meet customers' needs. Toshiba's complete line of 2.5-inch drives range in capacities up to 60GB.

Hard Disk Drives - 1.8-inch
Toshiba extends the scope of its industry-leading hard disk drive (HDD) product line with its 1.8-inch HDD series. With up to 20GB capacity, these drives offer the industry’s highest areal density per platter at 22.38 gigabits per square inch. Toshiba’s 1.8-inch drives feature a vital combination of more capacity, higher performance, smaller footprint and greater shock resistance. These key performance attributes turn these tiny drives into storage giants for portable personal computers and provide a cost-effective storage solution for hand-held mobile terminals, wearable computers, digital video cameras and car navigation systems, especially when compared to traditional storage technologies such as Flash and smaller footprint HDDs. Toshiba’s 1.8-inch HDDs are available in PC Card Type II and ATA formats.

Sales
TAIS Storage Device Division markets its high quality peripherals to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), value-added resellers (VARs), value-added dealers (VADs), systems integrators and distributors in the United States.

Irvine Headquarters:
9740 Irvine Blvd.
Irvine, CA 92618
Customer Support: 949/583-3000

Western U.S. Sales Office
2460 North First St., Suite 180
San Jose, CA 95131

Eastern U.S. Sales Office
401 Edgewater Place, Ste 360
Wakefield, MA 01880-6229