Toshiba MQ04 Series 2TB 2.5-Inch 6Gb SATA HDD for Notebooks

Toshiba Electronic Devices and Storage Corporation announced its MQ04 Series 2TB ^[1] HDD model MQ04ABD200, designed for use in notebook PCs, all-in-one and slim-line desktop systems, and other applications requiring high capacity storage and 2.5-inch ^[2] mobile-class durability.

The MQ04ABD200 dual-disk model delivers 2TB of storage capacity in a 2.5-inch, 9.5mm height form factor. The drive’s 6Gb ^[3] SATA interface and 5,400rpm performance, combined with a 128MB ^[4] buffer, result in a 34% increase in maximum transfer rates and a 50% improvement in power efficiency ^[5] compared to the company’s previous 1TB mobile-class model generation, MQ01ABD100.

“Achieving 2TB capacity in the industry-standard 2.5-inch form-factor is a big advance in both value and performance, and helps improve watt perGB to contribute to better battery life in portable PCs,” said Shuji Takaoka, GM, storage products division, Toshiba Electronic Devices and Storage Corporation. “With a field-proven two disk 9.5mm design heritage, the new MQ04 2TB model offers excellent value and capacity.“

The MQ04 2TB model is avalaible.

^[1] Definition of capacity: 1TB is 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. A computer OS, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1TB = 240 = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes and therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and OS and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.
^[2] Form factor: 2.5-inch means the form factor of HDDs. They do not indicate drive’s physical size.
^[3] Read and write speed may vary depending on the host device, read and write conditions, and file size.
^[4] 1MB means 220, or 1,048,576 bytes.
^[5] Power efficiency is calculated based on low power idle power consumption divided by formatted capacity.