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News Release from: Toshiba Europe Storage Device Division | Subject: 0.85in hard disk drive
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 18 March 2004
Disk drive makes it into the record book
Guinness World Records has certified Toshiba's 0.85in hard disk drive as the smallest HDD in the world and will feature it in the 2005 edition, scheduled for sale in September 2004.
Guinness World Records has certified Toshiba's 0.85in hard disk drive as the smallest HDD in the world and will feature it in the 2005 edition, scheduled for sale in September 2004 The Guinness World Records Book is one of the world's most popular publications, the book most people reach for when they want to confirm outstanding achievements in all walks of life
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 17 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We are very proud that Guinness World Records, one of the world's most famous organisations, has recognised our 0.85in HDD as the world's smallest", said Kazuyoshi Yamamori, Vice President of Storage Device Division at Toshiba Corporation's Digital Media Network Company.
"Toshiba is the global leader in small form factor hard disk drives.
Our 1.8in HDD opened up exciting new applications and markets, including powerful digital audio players, and we expect the 0.85-inch disk to contribute even more.
I look forward to seeing the 0.85in drive alongside all the other record breakers and winners in the book".
David Hawksett, Science and Technology Editor at Guinness World Records said: "Hard drive technology has come a long way since the introduction of the very first model in the US in 1956.
That model needed 50 two-foot disks to store just 4.4Mbyte and the cost was astronomical.
Data storage is rarely a topic that excites the public.
However, Toshiba's innovation means that I could soon hold more information in my watch than I could on my desktop computer, just a few years ago".
Selection for the best-selling book is the latest recognition of Toshiba's achievements as a global leader in small form factor HDDs.
Toshiba has consistently led innovation of the 1.8in HDD market, including being the first to commercialise a 40Gbyte version, and recording a cumulative production of 3 million units in October 2003.
In the 2.5in HDD segment, the company's cumulative production now surpasses 60 million units.
Toshiba expects its development of the 0.85in HDD to expand the market for miniature drives and will continue to promote innovations that assure its continued leadership in that market.
Toshiba will feature the 0.85in drive at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, from 18th to 24th March 2004.
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