The consumer electronics market is very important to any hardware manufacturer out there and the storage department plays an important part. There are an increasing number of portable media devices that use a high capacity storage solution. Seeing this opportunity, Toshiba decided back in 2005 to release a high-capacity hard drive with a 1.8 inch form factor..



Back then, the available capacities were of 20/30 and 40/60 GB, while today the company is able to offer a lot more, thanks to the implementation of PMR technology. This technology is meant to triple the storage density of traditional longitudinal recording, and in this way more data can be stored on hard drives featuring the same form factor. The new MK1011GAH model from Toshiba's 1.8 inch lineup is built on a ATA-7 interface and has a total storage capacity of 100 GB. Take in consideration that this hard drive can be used for other devices than your regular portable computer systems.



The specification data sheet of the Toshiba hard drive reveals some pretty interesting numbers, with a buffer size of 8 MB, which should render the platter speed of 4200 RPM useless. This is due to the fact that access speed for a 100 GB hard drive is mostly realized by the buffer memory. The maximum seek time is specified to be of 26ms, with an average latency of 7.16ms. One of the key features of the Toshiba 1.8 inch hard drive is the fact that it has only 59 grams, making it quite lightweight.



So, whether you will choose to go with a media player a PDA or a handheld PC, this storage solution might be integrated in one of your choices. A standalone MK1011GAH hard drive is being offered by the online resellers for an approximate price tag of $180.