100 GB mini hard drive from Toshiba

Toshiba was the first to reach 100 gigabytes of capacity in the 1,8-inch hard drives category.

The 100 GB capacity was, of course, achieved using perpendicular magnetic data recording technology. According to the principle of perpendicular recording, instead of the horizontal storage used so far, the data are arranged vertically relative to each other, which results in a higher data density in the same place.

Toshiba MK1011GAH - dimensions: 54 × 71 × 8 mm

Serial production of the ATA-7 coupler will begin in January 2007, weighing just 59 grams, with an engine speed of 4200 rpm, a data transfer rate of up to 100 MB per second, and an average search time of 15 milliseconds.