Toshiba Announces 100GB 1.8" Drive

Toshiba Storage Device Division today announced its latest 1.8” hard disk drive—the MK1011GAH. The latest 1.8” hard disk drive comes in at 100GB. Previously, 80GB was the largest 1.8” hard drive Toshiba offered. Toshiba SDD achieves 100GB with a 1.8” foot print by using a two-platter design coupled with perpendicular magnetic recording. Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate and Western Digital also use perpendicular magnetic recording on their hard disks.

Thanks to this HDD, Apples iPod could be capable of holding 100GB worth of your music. Whether that will happen soon or not is yet to be seen, but it’s a great thought to think of that much music on the go.