Toshiba Designs Single Platter HDD Designed for Automobiles

Posted 04/15/2010 at 6:51am | by Paul Lilly

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Toshiba this week announced the highest-capacity automotive-grade HDD yet available, the MK2060GSC.

The new drive packs 200GB of storage capacity on a single platter and spins at 4200RPM. Other tech specs include a 12ms average seek time, SATA interface, and several rugged characteristics. According to Toshiba, the MK2060GSC can withstand altitude variations of -300 to 12,000 meters during non-operation, and -300 to 5,650 meters when in use. It can also tolerate operating temperatures ranging from -30 to +85C.

"The next generation of automobile infotainment, connectivity and location-awareness applications will require more innovation and undoubtedly higher storage capacity," said Scott Wright, product manager for Toshiba Storage Device Division. "Our commitment to sustain continued advancement in this product category continues to position Toshiba as the leader for storage components. We are ideally positioned to provide vehicle systems manufacturers with the high-quality, reliable storage technology they need to capitalize on an evolving market opportunity."

According to Toshiba, their latest automotive-grade HDD boasts a 78 percent improvement in internal transfer rates compared to equivalent products on the market.

Look for the drive to ship in the third quarter of this year. No word yet on price.

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