Date: 15/07/2012

10,500RPM speed, 900GB, 2.5-inch disk drives from Toshiba transfer 286MB/s

Though the notebook buyers are getting used to Terabyte size hard disk drives, speed remained low. To answer that, Toshiba has launched new line-up of four 2.5-inch enterprise HDDs with a 10,500 RPM rotation speed. The new drives include the AL13SEB900, which offers a 900GB capacity, the industry's highest class as per Toshiba. Volume shipment scheduled in August 2012.

Toshiba says an improved magnetic recording head and disk magnetic layer give the AL13SEB900 an area density of 856Mbit/mm2 (552Gbpsi) and realizes a 900GB capacity, the industry's highest class. The internal transfer rate is 286 MB/s, a boost of approximately 32% against the previous generation MBF2600RC, due to improved liner recording density.

The AL13SEB900 employ a dual-stage head positioning actuator to achieves highly accurate tracking in a narrow tracking band, securing stable operation.

The energy consumption efficiency of AL13SEB900 is said to be approximately 41% higher than that of its predecessor, MBF2600RC, due to lower power consumption by the controller IC and increased storage capacity. The AL13SEB900 family is also compatible with the European Union's RoHS directive and is Halogen-Free/Antimony-Free.

For details visit: www.toshiba.co.jp