New 7mm 500 GB HDD for mobile devices will improve storage capacity and performance of notebooks and gaming consoles
Toshiba Europe GmbH (TEG) Storage Peripherals Division will shortly be expanding its range of 2.5-inch HDDs with a slim-line drive that allows users to quickly and easily add 500 GB[1] of high-performance internal storage to notebooks and gaming consoles.
Offering reliable performance for everyday users and gamers, the 7mm profile L200 – Slim Mobile Hard Drive is the latest addition to the Toshiba L200 family of hard drives for mobile computing platforms. The drive features a Serial ATA 3.0 / ATA8 and combines a proprietary cache algorithm with buffer management that ensures rapid access to frequently-used applications and data.
Toshiba’s new slim-line drive offers Advanced Format (AF) storage and uses Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) and Tunnel Magneto-Resistive (TMR) recording technology to deliver high-density, high-speed and stability. Data security is supported through a built-in shock sensor that enhances resistance to shock and vibration and ramp loading technology that protects data while the drive is on the move.
Designed for optimum performance, the L200 – 7mm offers support for native command queuing (NCQ), incorporates an 8MB buffer, and operates with a rotational speed of 5400rpm.
The new drive will be available from May 2016 and typical purchase price (TPP) will be 36 GBP. A two-year warranty is provided as standard.
Accompanying images for this press release can be downloaded in high resolution here.
| Specifications: | |
| Form factor | 2.5-inch |
| Interface | Serial ATA 3.0 / ATA8 |
| Interface speed | 6 Gbit/s |
| Available capacities | 500GB |
| Advanced Format (AF) | Yes |
| RoHS compatible | Yes |
| Halogen Free | Yes |
| Performance | |
| Rotational speed | 5400 rpm |
| Buffer size | 8 MB |
| Average latency | 5.56 ms |
| Native Command Queuing (NCQ) | Supported |
| Reliability | |
| Unrecoverable error rate | 1 per 10E14 bits read |
| Power Management | |
| Supply voltage | 5V (±5%) |
| Consumption – Read/Write | 1.5 W |
| Consumption – Low Power Idle | 0.55 W |
| Environmental | |
| Temperature (operating) | 5° to 55° C |
| Temperature (non-operating) | -40° to 65° C |
| Vibration (operating) | 9.8 m/s2 {1.0 G} (5 to 500 Hz) |
| Vibration (non-operating) | 49 m/s2 {5.0 G} (15 to 500 Hz) |
| Shock (operating) | 3,920 m/s2 {400 G} (2 ms half sine) |
| Shock (non-operating) | 8,820 m/s2 {900 G} (1 ms half sine) |
| Physical | |
| Dimensions | 100 (L) x 69.85 (W) x 7 (H) mm |
| Weight | 92 g max. (500 GB) |
[1] One Gigabyte (1GB) means 109 = 1,000,000,000 bytes and One Terabyte (1TB) means 1012 = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes using powers of 10. A computer operating system, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1GB= 230 = 1,073,741,824 bytes and 1TB = 240 = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes, and therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system and other factors.
