Toshiba demonstrates huge 1.8 inch drive

Jimmy 2004 · Dec 5, 2006

Toshiba, manufacturer of a number of electrical goods, has announced a new 100GB hard drive only 1.8 inches in size. This enormous capacity gives it the largest storage of its class, with a low power consumption of 0.003 Watts per gigabyte. The drive manages to store an impressive 155.3 gigabits per square inch, spining at 4,200rpm with transfer speeds of up to 100MB/s. It is expected to begin shipping in the second half of 2007.

Drives like this could quickly find uses in portable multimedia players where the low power consumption and high storage levels are essential to modern day consumers seeking ever smaller devices with longer battery life. So far there is no word on price but these are likely to be expensive, considering your standard 80GB drive can be priced in excess of $40.

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regan1985 · Dec 5, 2006

what the hell would u use that for?????

jocksteeluk · Dec 5, 2006

it just goes to show you the technology this is already available and no doubt toshiba laptops may start weighing a few lbs light in the future. lol that is bigger than the sata connector

ktr · Dec 5, 2006

portable devices...duh

ie psp, pda, mp3z, cell phones..etc.

warup89 · Dec 5, 2006

regan1985 said:
what the hell would u use that for?????

As said before, Portable devices, but mostly PMP's (Portable Multimedia Players)

Dippyskoodlez · Dec 5, 2006

warup89 said:
As said before, Portable devices, but mostly PMP's (Portable Multimedia Players)

mmm 100gb ipod nano anyone?

DR.Death · Dec 5, 2006

100 gig flash drive

Deleted member 3 · Dec 5, 2006

I'm too lazy to look it up, is it 5 or 8MM? 5MM would be good, but I bet it's 8 like the largest models always are.

Track · Dec 5, 2006

Holy Sh*t! They made an HDD for amebas.

How can it be the size of 1/3 of a finger and at the same time, larger than a battery?

Jimmy 2004 · Dec 5, 2006

Track said:
Holy Sh*t! They made an HDD for amebas.

How can it be the size of 1/3 of a finger and at the same time, larger than a battery?

That was confusing me as well. I'm not sure if it's either some midget battery, a giant hand or just a fake pic.

warup89 · Dec 5, 2006

Maybe the hand of a giant?

newtekie1 · Dec 5, 2006

Thats cool, but something tells me that it will be crazy expensive. The 80GB 1.8" drives are something like $300+, I hate to see the price of this.

RickyG512 · Dec 5, 2006

i didnt even know there was 80GB 1.8" drives, do u have a link

are these sata ?

PVTCaboose1337 · Dec 5, 2006

I want that for my gp2x...

Jimmy 2004 · Dec 5, 2006

RickyG512 said:
i didnt even know there was 80GB 1.8" drives, do u have a link

are these sata ?

I'm not sure of any of the details but this news story on the register from back in 2004 talks about the 80GB version.

Easy Rhino · Dec 5, 2006

Track said:
Holy Sh*t! They made an HDD for amebas.

How can it be the size of 1/3 of a finger and at the same time, larger than a battery?

yea wtf kinda hand is that!? :roll:

DBH · Dec 5, 2006

Its probably the actual drive with the disk platters and stuff from within that hard drive case. It is a 1.8" hard drive after all.

KennyT772 · Dec 5, 2006

the battery pic is real but the hand one is a crappy PS. look at the jaggies around the drive.

by the way 1.8" drives are what are in the ipod videos if i am not mistaken.

Jimmy 2004 · Dec 5, 2006

The giant hand has now been removed!

newtekie1 · Dec 5, 2006

RickyG512 said:
i didnt even know there was 80GB 1.8" drives, do u have a link

are these sata ?

http://www.prioritycomputerparts.com/listitem.aspx?ItemID=2208768

I don't know about the 100GB version, but the 80GB is IDE.

That is the cheapest I could find it from a reputable site on froogle. Ebay had some cheaper.

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