1.8" Storage Drives
Market - Game Summary
number of 1.8" oems: - 23
highest
capacity:- 128GB - from Mtron
fastest:-
100MB/s write, 120MB /s read - from
Samsung and
Mtron
biggest
market share:- Toshiba has
shipped over 60 million 1.8" HDDs since 2000. | |
| 1.8 inch storage drive news |
STEC Announces
Fast 1" SSD
SANTA
ANA, Calif - April 21, 2008 - STEC, Inc. announced the MACH4 - a 1"
SATA / PATA SSD.
For a small drive - the MACH4 is fast:- with
sustained sequential reads upto 90MB/s and writes upto 55MB/s. It's expected to
be in mass production at the end of April in capacities up to 32GB. Projected
OEM pricing for the 8GB capacity point is $45.
"For the numerous
applications which were historically challenged by the severe limitations of 1
inch HDDs, STEC is now offering a much more cost-effective, higher capacity and
higher reliability alternative..." said STEC's Patrick Wilkison.
...STEC profile
Toshiba's MLC SSDs in Mass Production
IRVINE,
Calif. - March 18, 2008 - Toshiba has started mass production of MLC
flash SSDs aimed at the notebook market.
The new
Toshiba
SSDs have SATA
interfaces and will be available in 3 form factors:- module,
1.8" and
2.5", and with
upto 128GB capacity. Toshiba says overall performance is better than 5,400
RPM and 7,200 RPM HDDs.
Read / write speeds are 100MB/s and 40MB/s respectively. Initial production is
for Toshiba's own notebooks. ...Toshiba profile
Toshiba's New 1.8" Hard Drive
IRVINE
- February 25, 2008 - Toshiba Storage Device Division today added a
line of 5,400 RPM SATA 1.8" hard disk drives to its product offerings
for mobile PCs.
Available in 120GB and 80GB capacities, these new
HDDs integrate design
elements from Toshiba's flagship 2.5" line to offer enhanced performance
for ultra-thin and light PC applications.
With over 60 million 1.8" HDDs shipped since 2000, Toshiba has
consistently held the #1 position in the 1.8" HDD segment according to
IDC. Toshiba is showing the
new drives this week at the Intel
Mobility Summit in Shanghai, China. Shipments will start in April 2008.
...Toshiba profile
Mtron's New Notebook SSD will be 6x faster than Hard Drive
SEOUL,
South Korea - February 18, 2008 - Mtron Technology Co. Ltd - announced
today that they have completed the development of a new 1.8" ZIF-type SSD
family for laptop PCs and will begin production in April.
Mtron's
new SLC flash SSD has a maximum reading speed of 120MB/s and writing speed of
100MB/s, which is more than 6x faster than a typical 1.8" HDD.
Therefore when it's used in laptop PC and
UMPC,
it delivers much faster performance than a desktop.
Mtron also
released a 1.8" MLC Flash SSD with up to 128GB capacity along with a
maximum reading speed of 110MB/s and writing speed of 40MB/s.
Steve
Jeon, CEO of Mtron, said, "With our new 1.8 inch SSD, Mtron has added
another great product line as a leader in the SSD market, which is expected to
grow into ten billion dollars in 2012. Our new product is a result of careful
market analysis and research of consumer needs."
...Mtron profile
LaCie Embraces 1.3" Hard Drive
January 15, 2008
- LaCie and Samsung announced today the end results of their
collaboration in implementing 1.3 inch hard disk format for LaCie micro storage
devices.
Available in 30GB or 40GB USB versions, LaCie will be
offering its smallest Little Disk yet. The devices come preloaded with
LaCie's '1-Click' Backup Software for PC and Mac and SilverKeeper Backup
Software for Mac to regularly back up data.
...LaCie profile,
...Samsung profile
Toshiba's New USB Hard Drives
Las
Vegas, NV - January 7, 2008 - Toshiba Storage Device Division today
announced it will introduce a new range of 1.8" hard disk based storage
products with USB interfaces in the Spring.
The pocket-sized units
will be available in 60GB, 80GB and 120GB models. Toshiba plans to include
encryption and backup
software with its 1.8" line to protect data should the hard disk ever
be lost or stolen. Toshiba will also be shipping a new 320GB 2.5"
USB external hard disk in
the next few weeks ($200 approx). ...Toshiba profile
SanDisk Previews 1.8" Notebook SSDs
Las
Vegas, NV - January 7, 2008 - SanDisk Corp announced details of a new
slimmed-down 1.8" SATA flash SSD that will ship in Q2.
The
5mm thick SSD is aimed at
ultralight notebooks and has upto 72GB capacity. It consumes 0.85W in
read/write mode and 0.2W when idle. ...SanDisk profile | |
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