Toshiba Introduces Worlds Smallest Hard Disk Drive, Delivering 2- & 4-Gigabyte Capacities for Mobile Digital Devices
IRVINE, Calif.--Jan. 7, 2004--Toshiba Storage Device Division (SDD), the industry pioneer in small form factor storage, today announced the development of a 0.85-inch hard disk drive (HDD), the first drive to deliver multi-gigabyte storage in a sub-one-inch form factor. Expected to be available in 2GB and 4GB capacities, Toshiba will start sampling the new drive in summer 2004, with mass production to begin in late 2004. Measuring only a quarter of the size of Toshiba's 1.8-inch drive, the 0.85-inch HDD is expected to boost the functionality of a new generation of products, including mobile phones, digital audio players, PDAs, digital still cameras, camcorders and external storage devices. Toshiba initially plans to introduce capacities of 2GB and 4GB, and anticipates achievement of even higher densities in the 0.85-inch form factor.
A prototype of the 0.85-inch HDD will be shown at Toshiba's booth (#12214) on the CES show floor Jan. 8-11, 2004. For more information about Toshiba's 2.5-inch, 1.8-inch and 0.85- inch HDDs, visit www.harddrives.toshiba.com.
