Toshiba announces new 60GB, 5400RPM 2.5" notebook drive with 16MB cache

[NFS4]

Damn!

http://digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2002/07/30&pages=PR&seq=201

 

[bacillus]

the new IBM Travelstar 40GNX 5400rpm hdds with 8Mb cache seem to benchmark better than that toshiba model.

 

[NFS4]

How do you have benchmarks for a drive that was just announced today?:Q

 

[kuk]

What I said in the Anandtech News forum:

One small step for a HD, one giant leap for laptopkind.

Kuk

 

[Rand]

Originally posted by: bacillus
the new IBM Travelstar 40GNX 5400rpm hdds with 8Mb cache seem to benchmark better than that toshiba model.

How/where did you obtain benchmark results on it?
It was just announced...

 

[Pariah]

I don't really think you need to see benchmarks to know which is faster. One is 5400RPM the other 4200RPM. The cache shouldn't be enough to overcome the rotational difference.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Pariah
I don't really think you need to see benchmarks to know which is faster. One is 5400RPM the other 4200RPM. The cache shouldn't be enough to overcome the rotational difference.

Huh?? He said the 40GNX is 5400 RPM.

The new Toshiba is 5400 RPM.

Where are you getting 4200 RPM from??:Q:Q:Q:Q

 

[kuk]

Originally posted by: Pariah
I don't really think you need to see benchmarks to know which is faster. One is 5400RPM the other 4200RPM. The cache shouldn't be enough to overcome the rotational difference.

Hummm ... BOTH are 5400RPM!

Kuk

 

[Pariah]

The link you posted doesn't work. I got my info from Toshiba's page which says 4200RPM. Maybe they announced another drive as well.

http://www.toshiba.com/taissdd/news/press50.shtml

That one's a bit dated now that I look at it, it's the most recent news post on their site and announced 30GB/platter drives.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Pariah
The link you posted doesn't work. I got my info from Toshiba's page which says 4200RPM. Maybe they announced another drive as well.

http://www.toshiba.com/taissdd/news/press50.shtml

DigiTimes is having problems with their site:

Toshiba on July 31 announced the world?s first 60GB, 2.5-inch hard disk drive with a disk rotation speed of 5,400 rpm. The new drive measures only 9.5mm tall.
At the heart of the new high-speed drive is the combination of a newly developed hard disk controller and a new head and disk medium. The former supports very high-speed rotation while the latter two achieve stable read and write operation at the boosted rate of rotation.