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To achieve this capacity, Toshiba has set a benchmark for areal density in the 1.8-inch HDD category at 93.5GB per square inch. This has allowed Toshiba to put 30GB of data onto a single 1.8-inch platter, an increase of 50 percent over current models, delivering drives that are suited for consumer electronics products such as mobile audio players and mobile notebook PCs. Engineered to meet the requirements for mobile devices such as MP3 players, handheld video players and handheld computers,Toshiba's new 30GB (single platter) and 60GB (dual platter) HDDs offer operating shock tolerance of 500G and non-operating shock tolerance of 1,500G through the employment of fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) motor technology. The drives' FDB motor also provides improved acoustics. Toshiba's new 1.8-inch drives are capable of withstanding 2G of vibration during operation. Power consumption of the MK6006GAH and MK3006GAL are approximately 20 percent lower on average than the company's current drive due to application of pulse width modulation (PWM) to control the disk rotation speed. A DC-DC converter is also used in the power unit to reduce power consumption. The 1.8-inch 30GB and 60GB HDDs will begin shipping in the fourth quarter 2004. Toshiba's new 1.8-inch HDD family joins the company's current mobile HDD lineup, which includes 2.5-inch HDDs available in 20GB, 30GB, 40GB, 60GB, 80GB, and 100GB capacities. Toshiba's 1.8-inch HDD's are currently available in 10GB, 20GB, 30GB (currently a dual-platter drive), and 40GB capacities for embedded applications, and in a 5GB PC-Card-type mobile HDD. Toshiba most recently announced its 0.85-inch HDD, which has planned capacities of 2GB to 4GB and is featured in this year's Guinness Book of World Records as the world's smallest multi-gigabyte HDD. www.toshiba.com
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