In a breakthrough that paves the way for higher capacity notebook computers and digital music players, Toshiba announced Tuesday that its storage device division broke the 100 GB barrier for mobile hard disk drives. The new 1.8-inch drive — model MK1011GAH — is based on perpendicular magnetic recording, a technology for data recording on hard disks that reportedly can deliver up to 10 times the storage density of longitudinal recording on the same media.
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Toshiba Vaults 100 GB Barrier With 1.8-Inch HDD
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire December 5, 2006 11:56 AMIn a breakthrough that paves the way for higher capacity notebook computers and digital music players, Toshiba announced Tuesday that its storage device division broke the 100 GB barrier for mobile hard disk drives. The new 1.8-inch drive — model MK1011GAH — is based on perpendicular magnetic recording, a technology for data recording on hard disks that reportedly can deliver up to 10 times the storage density of longitudinal recording on the same media.