Monday, August 26, 2013

TOSHIBA RELEASES 640GB HARD DRIVE

Disk maker Toshiba has announced a 640GB hard disk spinning at 5400rpm. Rival disk maker Hitachi already has a 500GB 2.5 inch hard drive spinning at 7200rpm.

The Toshiba drive has a data density of 528.5 GB per square inch, and because of this high density it can reach the full capacity on just two storage platters. Toshiba claims that such high density makes the drive more environment friendly as less carbon dioxide is released during its making.

The new drive comes with 8MB of buffer memory. It will be available in different capacities of 500GB, 320GB, 250GB and 160GB.