Toshiba has announced the 7mmH two platter MQ02ABF series 2.5-inch 5,400 RPM SATA hard drive disks for thin laptops. The MQ02ABF series is Toshiba?s first two platter 7mm HDD model, delivering up to 1TB of storage capacity. Available in 750GB1and 1TB, the MQ02ABF HDD series features a rigid chassis design and dual stage head positioning technology.

Toshiba will start shipping samples in November.

Specifications

- Model: MQ02ABF100/ MQ02ABF075
- Maximum Capacity (Formatted): 1TB/ 750GB
- Number of Platters: 2
- Number of Heads: 4
- Average Seek Time: 12 ms
- Interface: Serial ATA 3.0 / ATA8
- Interface Transfer Rate: 6 / 3 /1.5 Gbit/s
- Rotational Speed: 5,400 rpm
- External Dimensions (WxDxH; mm): 69.85 mm x 100.0 mm x 7.0 mm
- Weight (g): 99g

- Temperature:

Operating 0- 60°C
Non-operating -40 - 65°C

- Shock resistance:

Operating 3,430m/s2 {350G} (2ms half sine)
Non-operating 8,820m/s2 {900G} (1ms half sine)

- Atmosphere Pressure:

Operating -300 to 5,650m
Non-operating -300 to 12,000m

- Vibration:

Operating 9.8m/s2 {1.0G}
Non-operating 49m/s2 {5.0G}