Toshiba unveils world's smallest disk

D

dipdude

Forerunner
The new disk would be present on toshiba's upcoming mobile W41T. It works on cdma network and toshiba has not announced on any plans to sell it outside of Japan.

The W41T handset would go on sale in Japan early next month. W41T phone would be primarily sold as a music player.

The 157g W41T also features Bluetooth wireless connectivity, a 3.2-megapixel camera, a 2.4in 240 x 320 pixel LCD screen, and an FM radio.

medium6jh.jpg


Specifications :
  • 2.1cm drive
  • Size 4GB
  • Fits on a business card
  • Platters, size of a coin
  • Hold's 2000 songs
Standalone drive by Imation :

Imation is selling the 2.1cm Toshiba drive as a standalone product with a USB interface at a street price of around $180.
According to Imation, the 3,600 RPM drive has a maximum read speed of 5Mbps.

Nokia's forthcoming N91 phone will also use a 2.1cm 4GB drive.

Reliablity :
  • Smaller drives are generally better able to cope with being dropped than their larger cousins because their moving parts have less mass.
  • Toshiba claims that its new drive can withstand a force of 1,000G while operating.
  • This is roughly equivalent to an unprotected fall onto a hard surface from a height of one metre.
Competition :
  • 2.1cm disk faces competition from similarly-priced 4GB flash memory products.
  • Larger 4GB compact flash format hard drives at approximately half the price.
Future :
  • Toshiba to develop a 2.1cm drive with a capacity of 10GB by using perpendicular recording technology to pack more data onto the disk.
 
Toshiba’s 0.85-inch 4GB HDD

mk4001mtd10mq.jpg
mk4001mtd29xf.jpg


Never before has something so small,just slightly larger than a postage stamp, held so much(4GB) :wow: .....But Toshiba has made it possible......Toshiba is pushing the limit on the small form factor storage with its latest market introduction.....the MK4001MTD,a multi-gigabyte hard disk drive (HDD) that is just 0.85-inches in diameter,only a quarter the size of a 1.8-inch hard disk drive:wow: .

Mounting dimensions are 0.94x1.26-inches, with a thickness of 0.197-inches. The drive uses 0.12-Watts in standby and 0.60-Watts during write operations. Running on 3.0-Volts over the 0° to 70°C temperature range, it has one platter, two heads, and a 3600rpm rotational speed.

This new hard drive from Toshiba could open up new possibilites in mobile storage :jerry: .You could be seeing this technology in cell phones, PDAs, digital cameras,digital audio players,camcorders, and more in the near future...
 
Back
Top