Published: August 01, 2011
Toshiba Boosts Performance with Industry-Leading Areal Density on 1TB 2.5-Inch Hard Disk Drive for PC and Consumer Electronics Applications
IRVINE, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Toshiba today announced its first 2.5-inch hard disk drives (HDDs)
featuring capacity up to 1TB*using 500GB*/platter
technology in the industry-standard 9.5mm high form factor. With an
industry-leading areal density of 744Gb/in2, Toshiba has
increased the quantity of data stored per square inch by over 37 percent
compared to prior 2.5-inch models, enabling a significant boost in data
transfer speed. Available in capacities ranging from 1TB to 250GB, the
MQ01ABD series provides the capacity, performance, and power efficiency
necessary for even the most data-intensive and energy-sensitive
mainstream storage applications.
Toshiba's MQ01ABD series (Photo: Business Wire)
The MQ01ABD drives are ideal for high-end notebook and desktop PCs,
mobile workstations, gaming consoles, DVR set-top boxes, external
storage solutions, and other applications requiring high-capacity and
cost-effective storage. In addition to delivering best-in-class storage
density, which contributes directly to increased performance, Toshiba's
MQ01ABD series HDDs have been engineered for superior energy efficiency
- the series HDDs consume only 0.55watts during idle mode. The MQ01ABD
drives also offer improved acoustic performance, emitting a maximum of
19dB at idle and 24dB during seek operations. This combination of areal
density, power utilization, and acoustic performance enables PC and
consumer electronics makers to build differentiated systems based on
capacity, performance, heat dissipation, and power efficiency.
"Hard disk drives offer the best value for digital data storage by
providing the highest combination of capacity, performance, cost and
data reliability," said Joel Hagberg, vice president of product
marketing, Storage Device Division of TAIS. "The creation of rich
content by consumers and businesses continues to push the demand for
storage capacity. The Toshiba MQ01ABD series provides not only the
capacity and performance required by notebook and PC manufacturers,
multimedia professionals, multi-room set-top-box and other power users,
but also the benefits of a low-power, environmentally friendly drive."
The MQ01ABD series drives continue Toshiba Corporation's global
commitment to design, develop, manufacture, and distribute
Environmentally Conscious Products (ECPs) with minimal environmental
impact.
ECPs are products that are designed to be environmentally conscious in
all stages of their life cycle, including the procurement of materials,
manufacturing, distribution, use, disposal, and recycling. The
environmentally conscious product design has three aspects: mitigation
of global warming, efficient use of resources, and management of
chemicals. Toshiba Group will continue to create ECPs designed to be
environmentally conscious in all these aspects through all stages of
their life cycle by setting independent environmental standards (ECP
standards) for each product.** As a result of this voluntary
initiative, Toshiba has eliminated or reduced multiple hazardous
substances from all components in the MQ01ABD series drives.***
Mass production of the MQ01ABD series will start in the middle of
August. For more information on the Toshiba line of industry-leading
small form factor HDDs, visit www.toshibastorage.com.
Product Specifications
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Model Number
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MQ01ABD100, 075, 050, 032, 025
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Maximum Capacity (Formatted) 1
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1000//750 // 500/320/250
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Number of platters
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2 // 1
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Areal density (max)
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744.1Gb/in2
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Media transfer rate (max)
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1288.6Mbps
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Average seek time
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12 ms
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Rotational speed
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5400 RPM
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Buffer memory
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8 MB
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Interface
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Serial ATA Revision 2.6 (ATA-8)
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Interface transfer rate
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3Gb/s
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External dimensions (WxDxH; mm)
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69.85 mm x 100.0 mm x 9.5 mm
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Weight (g)
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112//102 g (typ)
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Energy consumption efficiency ****
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0.00055/0.00074/0.0011/0.0018/0.0022
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Shock resistance:
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Operating
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3.920m/s2 (400G) 2ms
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Non-operating
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8.820m/s2 (900G) 1ms
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Acoustics:
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Idle
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23// 17 dB
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Seek
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24// 19dB
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About Toshiba Storage
Toshiba is a one-of-a-kind global storage company, offering hard disk
drives (HDDs), optical disk drives (ODDs), solid state drives (SSDs) and
NAND flash memories - technologies that drive a wide range of consumer
electronics, computer and automotive applications, as well as enterprise
solutions for the global marketplace. Toshiba leads in the development,
design and manufacture of mobile, retail and enterprise hard disk
drives. In North America, the Storage Device Division of TAIS markets
high-quality storage peripherals to original equipment manufacturers,
original design manufacturers, value-added resellers, value-added
dealers, systems integrators, distributors and retailers worldwide.
Inherent in the Toshiba storage family are the high-quality engineering
and manufacturing capabilities that have established Toshiba products as
innovation leaders worldwide. For more information, visit www.toshibastorage.com.
About Toshiba
Toshiba is a world leader and innovator in pioneering high technology, a
diversified manufacturer and marketer of advanced electronic and
electrical products spanning digital consumer products; electronic
devices and components; power systems, including nuclear energy;
industrial and social infrastructure systems; and home appliances.
Toshiba was founded in 1875, and today operates a global network of more
than 730 companies, with 204,000 employees worldwide and annual sales
surpassing 6.2 trillion yen (US$75 billion). Visit Toshiba's web site at www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm.
About Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. (TAIS)
Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TAIS is comprised of four business
units: Digital Products Division, Imaging Systems Division, Storage
Device Division and Telecommunication Systems Division. Together, these
divisions provide mobile products and solutions, including
industry-leading portable computers; televisions, TV/DVD Combination
products, Blu-ray Disc and DVD products and portable devices; imaging
products for the security, medical and manufacturing markets; storage
products for automotive, computer and consumer electronics applications;
and telephony equipment and associated applications.
TAIS provides sales, marketing and services for its wide range of
products in the United States and Latin America. TAIS is an independent
operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of
Toshiba Corporation. Toshiba is a world leader and innovator in
pioneering high technology, a diversified manufacturer and marketer of
advanced electronic and electrical products spanning information and
communications systems; digital consumer products; electronic devices
and components; power systems, including nuclear energy; industrial and
social infrastructure systems; and home appliances. Toshiba was founded
in 1875, and today operates a global network of more than 740 companies,
with 204,000 employees worldwide and annual sales surpassing 6.3
trillion yen (US$68 billion). For more information on Toshiba leading
innovations, visit the company's web site at www.toshiba.com.
(c) 2011 Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
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* One Terabyte (1TB) = 1,000 Gigabytes (GB). One Gigabyte (1GB) means 109
= 1,000,000,000 bytes using powers of 10. A computer operating system,
however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition
of 1GB = 230 = 1,073,741,824 bytes, and therefore shows less
storage capacity. Available storage capacity will also be less if the
computer includes one or more pre-installed operating systems,
pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted
capacity may vary.
** Please refer this site for ECP information. http://www.toshiba.co.jp/env/en/products/index.htm
*** Hazardous substances that have been eliminated or significantly
reduced in the MQ01ABDxxx series drives include bromine, chlorine,
antimony, red phosphorous, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and brominated
flame retardants (BFRs). Toshiba also ceased use of the six substances
banned by the European Union Directive on the Restriction of the Use of
Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(RoHS) in all new products, achieving full compliance with the RoHS
Directive before the requirement came into effect in July 2006.
****Energy consumption efficiency is calculated in accordance with the
"Law concerning the Rational Use of Energy" (Energy Conservation Law) in
Japan, which was enacted in 1979 to promote energy conservation and
reduce energy consumption. The energy saving law was most recently
revised in 2011 with specific measurement criteria reflected in the
specification indicated.
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