Quickly transfer files with SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1 and store up to 4 TB of data on Canvio Basics external hard drives. These devices are ready to use with Microsoft Windows and require no software installation, so it couldn’t be easier to start storing all of your favourite files. Whether at your desk or on the go, its timeless design means it will always look good. What’s more, the hard drive also allows you to connect to older hardware with USB 2.0 compatibility.
2.5″ Portable Hard Drive
Matt Finish
SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1
USB-Powered
3-Years Warranty
4TB
2TB
1TB
A PLACE FOR ALL YOUR FILES
High capacity storage in a conveniently compact, matt black casing. Available in several capacity sizes up to 4 TB, Canvio Basics hard drives are perfect for storing data, music, movies and pictures. These devices are USB-powered and can be used with a single USB cable connected to a PC or laptop.
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The Canvio Basics focuses on profile and classic design. The slim, compact casing and sleek curve edge make the Canvio Basics a true portable hard drive – easy to carry and store in any pocket or bag.
EASY PLUG-AND-PLAY OPERATION
Simple plug-and-play operation. Ready to use with Microsoft Windows and no software installation required. Intuitively drag and drop files to and from your PC or laptop.
HIGH TRANSFER SPEEDS
Powered by USB 3.2 Gen 1 technology, these portable hard drives are much faster than – but still compatible with – USB 2.0 devices, allowing for speedy transfer when organising your files.
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With over 50 years of experience in hard drive technology and unrivaled quality standards, Toshiba portable hard drives provide a reliable and secure place for your files, wherever you go
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Product Specifications
Interface
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (USB 2.0 compatible)
Max. Rransfer Rate
~ 5.0 Gbit/s
File System
NTFS (for MS Windows) Requires reformatting for Mac OS
Power
USB bus power (max. 900mA)
System Requirements
Formatted NTFS for Microsoft® Windows® 11, 10, 8.1 8.1, | Requires reformatting for macOS v12, v11.5, v10.15 | One free port of USB 3.2 Gen 1 or USB 2.0
Warranty
3 years
Enclosure
Matt
Dimensions
1TB | 2TB: 109 x 78 x 14 mm, 4TB: 109 × 78 × 19.5 mm
Weight (approx.)
1TB | 2TB: 149g 4TB: 217.5g
Box Content
Canvio Basics USB 3.0 cable (Type A to Micro-B) | User‘s manual (pre-installed on the hard drive)
Toshiba Announces 20TB MG10 Series Hard Disk Drives
TAIPEI – Taiwan, October 18<sup>th</sup>, 2022 – Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (Toshiba) has announced the launch of MG10 Series, a massive capacity 20TB<sup>[1]</sup> HDD with conventional magnetic recording (CMR). The 20TB MG10 Series has a 10-disk helium-sealed design that leverages Toshiba’s innovative Flux Control Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording (FC-MAMR™) technology to boost storage capabilities.
With 11.1% more capacity than Toshiba’s prior 18TB model, 20TB MG10 Series are compatible with the widest range of applications and operating systems, and are adapted to mixed random and sequential read and write workloads in both cloud-scale and traditional data-center use cases. The drive features 7,200rpm performance, a 550TB per year workload rating<sup>[2]</sup>, and a choice of SATA and SAS interfaces – all in a power-efficient helium-sealed, industry-standard 3.5-inch<sup>[3]</sup> form factor.
The 20TB MG10 Series further illustrates Toshiba’s commitment to advancing HDD design to meet evolving needs for storage devices in cloud-scale servers and object and file storage infrastructure. With its improved power efficiency and increased capacity, the 20TB MG10 Series helps cloud-scale infrastructure to advance storage density, thereby reducing capex and improving total cost of ownership (TCO). As data growth continues at an explosive pace, the advanced 20TB MG10 Series with FC-MAMR™ technology will help cloud-scale service providers and storage solution designers to achieve higher storage densities for cloud, hybrid-cloud and on-premises rack-scale storage.
<sup>[1]</sup> Definition of capacity: One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes, but storage capacity actually available may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary. <sup>[2]</sup> Workload is a measure of data throughput in a year, and it is defined as the amount of data written, read or verified by commands from the host system. <sup>[3]</sup> 3.5-inch means the form factor of HDDs. It does not indicate a drive’s physical size.
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* FC-MAMR™ is a trademark of Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation. * Information in this document, including product prices and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current on the date of the announcement but is subject to change without prior notice. * Company names, product names, and service names may be trademarks of their respective companies.
About Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (TET) Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation is responsible for the sales and marketing promotion and support of Toshiba hard disk drives and Toshiba External HDDs in Taiwan, China and Southeast Asian countries. TET is the best partner to Enterprise server, storage and notebook computers, and its mission is to offer the best service and products embodying the highest quality and most leading-edge technology. For more information, visit us at: http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/product/storage-products.html
About Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) (“TEA”) is under Toshiba Semiconductor & Storage Products Company, a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation. TEA was founded in 1990, and is responsible for the sales, marketing and services for Toshiba’s wide range of storage solutions in Asia Pacific, which includes the Canvio Portable External Hard Drives and Internal Hard Drives. TEA is the best partner to consumers and enterprises, and its mission is to offer the best services and products that embody the highest quality and cutting-edge technology. To find out more about TEA, visit: https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/storage.html
Toshiba Announces P300 7200 RPM 2TB Hard Disk Drives
TAIPEI – Taiwan, June 1<sup>st</sup>, 2022 – Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (Toshiba) announces the P300 7200 RPM 2TB HDD, designed for desktop, PC computing, gaming and storage applications where performance, and reliability are critical.
The new P300 7200 RPM 2TB HDD delivers higher performance than Toshiba’s predecessor and leverages Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) Technology. The P300 7200 RPM 2TB HDD has a SATA 6 Gbit/s interface and a 2TB <sup>[1]</sup> capacity.
The P300 7200RPM 2TB HDD has a 19% increase in data transfer speed compared to Toshiba’s current ” P300 series”, achieving a maximum of 210 MiB/s<sup>[2]</sup>, equipped with a 256MB buffer, making it suitable for desktop, PC computing, gaming and storage applications.
<sup>[1]</sup> Definition of capacity: One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes, but storage capacity actually available may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary. <sup>[2]</sup> A mebibyte (MiB) means 2<sup>20</sup>, or 1 048 576 bytes, and a gibibyte (GiB) means 2<sup>30</sup>, or 1 073 741 824 bytes.
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* Company names, product names, and service names may be trademarks of their respective companies. * Information in this document, including product prices and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current on the date of the announcement but is subject to change without prior notice. .
About Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (TET) Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation is responsible for the sales and marketing promotion and support of Toshiba hard disk drives and Toshiba External HDDs in Taiwan, China and Southeast Asian countries. TET is the best partner to Enterprise server, storage and notebook computers, and its mission is to offer the best service and products embodying the highest quality and most leading-edge technology. For more information, visit us at: http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/product/storage-products.html
About Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) (“TEA”) is under Toshiba Semiconductor & Storage Products Company, a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation. TEA was founded in 1990, and is responsible for the sales, marketing and services for Toshiba’s wide range of storage solutions in Asia Pacific, which includes the Canvio Portable External Hard Drives and Internal Hard Drives. TEA is the best partner to consumers and enterprises, and its mission is to offer the best services and products that embody the highest quality and cutting-edge technology. To find out more about TEA, visit: https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/storage.html
Toshiba Unveils Path to 30TB by FY23 Proprietary Technologies, FC-MAMR and MAS-MAMR, will Fuel Areal Density Growth
KAWASAKI – Japan, February 14, 2022 – Toshiba Corporation held an investor relations event in Tokyo, Japan. During Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation’s presentation, Mr. Hiroyuki Sato, President & CEO of the company, unveiled a descriptive roadmap of Toshiba’s next-generation Nearline HDDs. Data generation continues to grow at a double digit rates every year, and demand from cloud companies to store the burgeoning data is driving the need for higher capacity HDDs. To meet this surging demand, Toshiba plans to leverage its proprietary recording technologies, FC-MAMR (Flux-Controlled – Microwave-Assisted Magnetic Recording), MAS-MAMR (Microwave Assisted Switching – Microwave-Assisted Magnetic Recording), and Disk Stacking technology to lift Nearline HDD capacities to 30TB by FY2023, and greater capacities beyond.
“Toshiba continues to work closely with the cloud companies to understand their exact capacity and performance requirements, and the ability to utilize our next-generation technologies will be key to meeting our customers’ needs” said Yuichi Nanno, Division President, Storage Products Division, Toshiba Electronics Components Taiwan Corporation.
“Many years of close collaboration work with our key component suppliers is leading to impactful technology breakthroughs to achieve higher capacities, which ultimately reduces TCO (total cost of ownership) of our Nearline HDDs.”
As a global technology company that has been innovating in storage for years, Toshiba offers a comprehensive portfolio of HDD products that address the storage needs of enterprise, datacenter, surveillance, and client markets. Toshiba solves customer challenges with innovative HDD models focusing on four primary market segments. The AL Series focuses on the Enterprise Performance segment; the MG Series is aimed at Enterprise Capacity and Data Center needs; the MQ Series covers the broad spectrum of use cases that require Mobile Client HDDs; and the DT Series addresses the surveillance and traditional Desktop Client use cases.
* Information in this document, including product prices and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and believed to be accurate as on the date of the announcement but is subject to change without prior notice. * Company names, product names, and service names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
About Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (TET) Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation is responsible for the sales and marketing promotion and support of Toshiba hard disk drives and Toshiba External HDDs in Taiwan, China and Southeast Asian countries. TET is the best partner to Enterprise server, storage and notebook computers, and its mission is to offer the best service and products embodying the highest quality and most leading-edge technology. For more information, visit us at: http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/product/storage-products.html
About Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) (“TEA”) is under Toshiba Semiconductor & Storage Products Company, a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation. TEA was founded in 1990, and is responsible for the sales, marketing and services for Toshiba’s wide range of storage solutions in Asia Pacific, which includes the Canvio Portable External Hard Drives and Internal Hard Drives. TEA is the best partner to consumers and enterprises, and its mission is to offer the best services and products that embody the highest quality and cutting-edge technology. To find out more about TEA, visit: https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/storage.html
Toshiba Posts Higher Y-Y HDD Shipment and Exabytes in 2021 Nearline HDD Units Sales Soar 73% while Exabytes Jump 114% Y-Y
TAIPEI – Taiwan, February 11, 2022 – Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (“Toshiba”) announced HDD shipment unit and Exabyte grew 4% and 61%, respectively in 2021. The company shipped 54.68 million units equaling 187.24 Exabytes for the year. Nearline, Mission Critical, Desktop/CE segments posted higher unit and Exabyte results for the year with Nearline HDDs leading all applications with units surging 73% and Exabytes skyrocketing 114%. Toshiba set a new shipment record for Nearline HDDs in 4CQ21, as units grew to 2.90 million units totaling 33.93 Exabytes for the quarter and was up over 94% from a year ago.
Toshiba led the industry in Y-Y growth in eight categories for the year, and holds a unique position as an HDD company posting unit growth in 2021.
“Toshiba continues to execute in the Nearline space, and this is reflected in the company’s new Nearline unit shipment record in 4CQ21,” stated Ed Burns, Research Director at IDC. “Toshiba’s cutting-edge technology such as FC-MAMR (Flux-Controlled – Microwave-Assisted Magnetic Recording) and MAS-MAMR (Microwave Assisted Switching – Microwave-Assisted Magnetic Recording) should further their competitiveness in the Nearline HDD market.”
“Toshiba’s leading year-over-year growth percentages in so many categories are the result of the company’s execution under challenging market conditions. Toshiba was able to address the shifting demand landscape during the course of the year to deliver competitive products to the market,” said John Chen, Vice President at TRENDFOCUS, Inc. “As some of the ongoing pandemic-related constraints begin to ease, Toshiba has positive momentum to post more milestones in 2022.”
Yuichi Nanno, Division President, Storage Products Division, Toshiba Electronics Components Taiwan Corporation said, “Toshiba has worked hard to evolve our products and technology to meet our customers’ growing Exabyte demand, and our new technologies such as FC-MAMR (Flux-Controlled – Microwave-Assisted Magnetic Recording) and MAS-MAMR (Microwave Assisted Switching – Microwave-Assisted Magnetic Recording) are excellent examples of the effort that will propel the next generation of products forward.”
As a global technology company that has been innovating in storage for years, Toshiba offers a comprehensive portfolio of HDD products that address the storage needs of enterprise, datacenter, surveillance, and client markets. Toshiba solves customer challenges with innovative HDD models focusing on four primary market segments. The AL Series focuses on the Enterprise Performance segment; the MG Series is aimed at Enterprise Capacity and Data Center needs; the MQ Series covers the broad spectrum of use cases that require Mobile Client HDDs; and the DT Series addresses the surveillance and traditional Desktop Client use cases.
* Company names, product names, and service names may be trademarks of their respective companies. * Information in this document, including product prices and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current on the date of the announcement but is subject to change without prior notice.
About Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (TET) Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation is responsible for the sales and marketing promotion and support of Toshiba hard disk drives and Toshiba External HDDs in Taiwan, China and Southeast Asian countries. TET is the best partner to Enterprise server, storage and notebook computers, and its mission is to offer the best service and products embodying the highest quality and most leading-edge technology. For more information, visit us at: http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/product/storage-products.html
About Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) (“TEA”) is under Toshiba Semiconductor & Storage Products Company, a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation. TEA was founded in 1990, and is responsible for the sales, marketing and services for Toshiba’s wide range of storage solutions in Asia Pacific, which includes the Canvio Portable External Hard Drives and Internal Hard Drives. TEA is the best partner to consumers and enterprises, and its mission is to offer the best services and products that embody the highest quality and cutting-edge technology. To find out more about TEA, visit: https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/storage.html
Toshiba Achieves World’s First Demonstration of Substantial Improvements in HDD Recording Performance with Microwave Assisted Switching – Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording (MAS-MAMR)
– Aiming for Early Commercialization of Large-Capacity Nearline HDDs of over 30TB –
TOKYO, January 13th, 2022 – Toshiba Group (“Toshiba”) has announced on December 27th, 2021, the world’s first demonstration<sup>[1]</sup> of HDD recording performance improvement with Microwave Assisted Switching-Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording (MAS-MAMR), a next-generation magnetic recording technology. The demonstration confirms that the technology delivers substantial storage capacity gains, and Toshiba now aims to realize early commercialization of nearline HDDs with capacities exceeding 30TB.
Toshiba is placing considerable R&D effort on MAMR, a breakthrough technology that boosts HDD recording density. In 2021, the company started shipment of 18TB HDDs that apply Flux Control MAMR (FC-MAMR™)<sup>[2]</sup>, which uses spin torque oscillators to assist recording. MAS-MAMR is expected to improve recording density beyond that of FC-MAMR™ by locally exposing microwave to recording media. However, this was not shown to be possible in practice until the recent demonstration.
Toward proving the fundamental superiority of MAS-MAMR, Toshiba has been promoting its development with Showa Denko K.K. (SDK), an HDD medium manufacturer, and TDK Corporation (TDK), a HDD head manufacturer. This three-way cooperation recently bore fruit in the demonstration of MAS-MAMR’s improved recording performance.
Toshiba will announce details of the newly developed spin torque oscillator and its oscillation characteristics at the Joint MMM-INTERMAG Conference 2022, an international conference scheduled on January 10th – 14th, 2022.
Development Background Digital data storage on data centers is a pillar of the modern information infrastructure supporting digitalization and digital transformation, and is now more important than ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continuing storage demand is on explosive pace, and the market for high-capacity nearline HDDs, the workhorses of both cloud-scale and traditional data centers, is expected to grow to US$17.5 billion in 2025<sup>[3]</sup>. This evolving needs for storage devices are also fueling demand for further capacity increases in HDDs.
Any attempt to increase the recording density of an HDD must reconcile a trilemma of three conflicting goals: miniaturize the magnetic grains on the recording medium; realize thermally stable magnetic grains; and secure sufficient recording performance. The recording medium is coated with a layer of fine magnetic grains that retain information according to the direction of their magnetization. While recording density could be improved by miniaturization of the recording bit on the recording media, this requires even smaller magnetic grains, which reduces thermal stability of their magnetization. Loss of thermal stability may result in data losses.
Increasing thermal stability on increasing recording density requires a material with a higher “coercivity” that can maintain the magnetization. However, a higher coercivity makes it difficult for the recording head to generate the sufficient magnetic field for recording. Overcoming this requires next-generation magnetic recording technology in which recording is assisted by external energy.
Advances are being made in R&D of a next-generation magnetic recording technology to overcome this trilemma. While MAS-MAMR to assist using microwaves is expected to improve the recording density drastically in theory, the confirmation of microwave-assisted switching effect (MAS-MAMR effect) on recording condition and improved recording performance with MAS-MAMR have not yet been demonstrated.
Features of the Technology Toshiba has invented a “bi-oscillation type spin torque oscillator device (dual FGL STO)” that irradiates microwaves by a two-layer field generating layer. The “dual FGL STO” generates microwaves efficiently, with less current and on focused spots. Incorporated into a recording head, it can improve recording performance with MAS-MAMR.
In the work to demonstrate MAS-MAMR, TDK has developed new recording heads equipped with the STO, SDK has developed new recording media, and Toshiba has confirmed stable oscillation of STOs in the new recording heads.
Subsequently, Toshiba confirmed the MAS-MAMR effect by combining the newly developed STOs, recording heads and media, and for the first time in the world demonstrated an approximately 6dB improvement in recording performance with MAS-MAMR<sup>[4]</sup>. This technology makes it possible to realize HDDs with large capacity of over 30TB. By the demonstration, MAS-MAMR has taken a major step forward as a practical next-generation magnetic recording technology that can significantly improve recording density.
Fig. 1: Configuration of a dual Field Generation Layer Spin Torque Oscillator (dual FGL STO) and its Oscillation SpectrumFig. 2: Improving Recording Performance with MAS-MAMR
Future Prospects Toshiba now aims to realize early commercialization of nearline HDDs with capacities exceeding 30TB with MAS-MAMR technology. The company will continue to develop MAMR technologies (FC-MAMR™ and MAS-MAMR) and to expand the capacity of nearline HDDs. Toshiba will also continue to develop the Thermal Assisted Magnetic Recording (TAMR) technology in parallel, to meet a wide range of storage needs.
<sup>[1]</sup> Toshiba Research, as of December 24, 2021Actual formatted capacity may vary. <sup>[2]</sup> FC-MAMR™: Flux Control MAMR. FC-MAMR™ is a trademark of Toshiba Devices & Storage Corporation. <sup>[3]</sup> Source: Techno-System Research Co., Ltd. ”HDD Market Trend (Annual)”, December 2021 <sup>[4]</sup> Evaluate the overwrite characteristic.
* Information in this document, including product prices and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and believed to be accurate as on the date of the announcement but is subject to change without prior notice. * FC-MAMR™ is a trademark of Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation. * Company names, product names, and service names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
About Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (TET) Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation is responsible for the sales and marketing promotion and support of Toshiba hard disk drives and Toshiba External HDDs in Taiwan, China and Southeast Asian countries. TET is the best partner to Enterprise server, storage and notebook computers, and its mission is to offer the best service and products embodying the highest quality and most leading-edge technology. For more information, visit us at: http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/product/storage-products.html
About Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) (“TEA”) is under Toshiba Semiconductor & Storage Products Company, a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation. TEA was founded in 1990, and is responsible for the sales, marketing and services for Toshiba’s wide range of storage solutions in Asia Pacific, which includes the Canvio Portable External Hard Drives and Internal Hard Drives. TEA is the best partner to consumers and enterprises, and its mission is to offer the best services and products that embody the highest quality and cutting-edge technology. To find out more about TEA, visit: https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/storage.html
Toshiba Unveils New N300 NAS 18TB Hard Disk Drives Series
TAIPEI – Taiwan, December 9th, 2021 – Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (“Toshiba”) today announces the massive capacity 18TB<sup>[1]</sup> addition to its N300 NAS HDD line-up.
High growth in data creation is driving demand for higher storage capacities, and work-from-home customers need fast access to data and the ability to archive and share data in private cloud environments. The 18TB N300 delivers greater storage capacity and power efficiency to meet the growing needs of storage customers.
The 18TB N300 is a 9-disk helium-sealed conventional magnetic recording (CMR) drive that leverages Toshiba’s new innovative Flux Control Microwave-Assisted Magnetic Recording (FC-MAMR™) technology. FC-MAMR™ advances CMR capacity to 18TB and delivers increased density per platter over previous designs. This is the 3rd generation to use Toshiba’s pioneering 9-disk helium-sealed mechanical design.
MAMR technology is the one solution that extends HDD data capacities. The ability of HDD using a new MAMR head to significantly improve the write ability of the Microwave Assisted Switching (MAS) effect has been developed recently. Toshiba will continue to satisfy market demand and to advance CMR drive data densities with MAMR technology.
The 18TB N300 models are engineered for 24/7 operation and has a workload rating of 180TB/year<sup>[2]</sup>. Up to eight drive bays are supported by the NAS 3.5-inch<sup>[3]</sup> drive.
The 7200RPM 18TB N300 drive is designed with a 512MB buffer and delivers a consistent high level of performance with a sustained transfer rate of 268 MiB/s<sup>[4]</sup>, making it the preferred choice of home offices and small businesses.
<sup>[1]</sup> Definition of capacity: One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes, but storage capacity actually available may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary. <sup>[2]</sup> Workload is a measure of the data throughput in a year, and it is defined as the amount of data written, read or verified by commands from the host system. <sup>[3]</sup> “3.5-inch” means the form factor of HDDs. It does not indicate a drive’s physical size. <sup>[4]</sup> A mebibyte (MiB) means 220, or 1 048 576 bytes, and a gibibyte (GiB) means 230, or 1 073 741 824 bytes.
* Information in this document, including product prices and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and believed to be accurate as on the date of the announcement but is subject to change without prior notice. * FC-MAMR™ is a trademark of Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation. * Company names, product names, and service names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
About Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (TET) Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation is responsible for the sales and marketing promotion and support of Toshiba hard disk drives and Toshiba External HDDs in Taiwan, China and Southeast Asian countries. TET is the best partner to Enterprise server, storage and notebook computers, and its mission is to offer the best service and products embodying the highest quality and most leading-edge technology. For more information, visit us at: http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/product/storage-products.html
About Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) (“TEA”) is under Toshiba Semiconductor & Storage Products Company, a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation. TEA was founded in 1990, and is responsible for the sales, marketing and services for Toshiba’s wide range of storage solutions in Asia Pacific, which includes the Canvio Portable External Hard Drives and Internal Hard Drives. TEA is the best partner to consumers and enterprises, and its mission is to offer the best services and products that embody the highest quality and cutting-edge technology. To find out more about TEA, visit: https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/storage.html
Toshiba Posts New Nearline HDD Shipment Record in 3CQ21
FIFTH CONSECUTIVE QUARTER OF Y-Y GROWTH OF NEARLINE HDD EXABYTES SHIPPED
TAIPEI – Taiwan, November 8th, 2021 – Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (“Toshiba”) today announced a new Nearline HDD shipment record for the quarter ending 30 September 2021. The company shipped 2.83 million Nearline HDDs for the quarter, up nearly 68% Y-Y while Exabytes shipped climbed to 33.33, up 100% from a year ago and outpaced the industry average¹. The September quarter was the fifth consecutive quarter of growth for Nearline HDD capacity shipped for Toshiba.
“Toshiba’s competitive Nearline HDD product portfolio and timely execution is helping the company to reach new heights,” said John Chen, Vice President at TRENDFOCUS, Inc. “This is reflected in 3CQ21’s results as Toshiba was able to increase total market share by 80 basis points from the prior quarter to 21.6%.” The TRENDFOCUS report shows that total Nearline HDD shipments reached a new record of 19.75 million units and 254 exabytes shipped in 3CQ21².
“It has been an amazing run for Toshiba, especially given the dynamic supply chain challenges. Since 2019, the company has posted 10 of 11 quarters of positive year-over-year growth of Nearline HDD capacity shipped,” stated Yuichi Nanno, Division President, Storage Products Division, Toshiba Electronics Components Taiwan Corporation. “All of the new milestones are the direct result of our growing customer partnerships and dedicated employees across all functional teams, from design to operations. Our company is committed in supporting all of our customers in the various cloud, OEM and channel platforms, as we continue to actively work on new products and scale production capabilities to support growing Exabyte demand conditions.”
As a global technology company that has been innovating in storage for years, Toshiba offers a comprehensive portfolio of HDD products that address the storage needs of enterprise, datacenter, surveillance, and client markets. Toshiba solves customer challenges with innovative HDD models focusing on four primary market segments. The AL Series focuses on the Enterprise Performance segment; the MG Series is aimed at Enterprise Capacity and Data Center needs; the MQ Series covers the broad spectrum of use cases that require Mobile Client HDDs; and the DT Series addresses the surveillance and traditional Desktop Client use cases.
For more information on Toshiba’s full line of HDD storage products, please visit:
* Information in this document, including product prices and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and believed to be accurate as on the date of the announcement but is subject to change without prior notice.
* Company names, product names, and service names may be trademarks of their respective companies.
About Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (TET) Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation is responsible for the sales and marketing promotion and support of Toshiba hard disk drives and Toshiba External HDDs in Taiwan, China and Southeast Asian countries. TET is the best partner to Enterprise server, storage and notebook computers, and its mission is to offer the best service and products embodying the highest quality and most leading-edge technology. For more information, visit us at: http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/product/storage-products.html
About Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) (“TEA”) is under Toshiba Semiconductor & Storage Products Company, a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation. TEA was founded in 1990, and is responsible for the sales, marketing and services for Toshiba’s wide range of storage solutions in Asia Pacific, which includes the Canvio Portable External Hard Drives and Internal Hard Drives. TEA is the best partner to consumers and enterprises, and its mission is to offer the best services and products that embody the highest quality and cutting-edge technology. To find out more about TEA, visit: https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/storage.html
Toshiba Nearline HDD Shipment & Capacity Sets New Company Record in 2CQ21
Leads Industry in Average Growth for Both Units and Exabytes for Last Four Quarters1
TAIPEI – Taiwan, August 12th, 2021 – Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (“Toshiba”) today announced that for a second consecutive quarter, the company posted a 30+% Q-Q growth in Nearline HDD unit shipment and capacity shipped. Toshiba’s Nearline HDD shipments and exabytes reached 2.79 million and 34.15 representing sequential growth of 32% and 33%, respectively. According to TRENDFOCUS’ new report (SDAS: HDD Information Service CQ2 ’21 Quarterly Update – Executive Summary August 5, 2021), Toshiba’s four-quarter average unit and capacity shipped growth rates for Nearline HDDs led all companies at 35% and 46%, respectively. Additionally, Toshiba was the only company to post growth rates higher than the industry’s four-quarter average.
“Demand for HDDs, specifically Nearline HDDs, have been on an upward trend due to strong cloud and OEM demand, while the initial launch of the Chia cryptocurrency fueled new incremental channel requirements. Toshiba’s competitive Nearline HDD product line up is lifting the company to new records,” stated John Chen, Vice President at TRENDFOCUS, Inc. “Moreover, Toshiba’s FC-MAMR (Flux Control – Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording) technology used in its 18TB (MG-09) Nearline HDD product should provide a robust foundation to build upon for its next-generation products.”
TRENDFOCUS’ report shows that total Nearline HDD shipments topped 19 million units in 2CQ21, smashing the previous record of 17.19 million set in 1CQ20. And for the first time, Nearline HDD exabytes shipped surpassed the 200 mark as it reached 243 exabytes for the quarter.
“Setting back to back quarterly Nearline HDD unit and exabyte shipment records is a testament to all of our employees’ hard work and dedication, as we continue to navigate through a very challenging supply chain environment,” said Yuichi Nanno, Division President, Storage Products Division, Toshiba Electronics Components Taiwan Corporation. “2CQ21’s solid results reflect our broadening partnerships across key cloud, OEM and channel customers, as we continue to invest in manufacturing scale to support their growing storage demand.”
As a global technology company that has been innovating in storage for years, Toshiba offers a comprehensive portfolio of HDD products that address the storage needs of enterprise, datacenter, surveillance, and client markets. Toshiba solves customer challenges with innovative HDD models focusing on four primary market segments. The AL Series focuses on the Enterprise Performance segment; the MG Series is aimed at Enterprise Capacity and Data Center needs; the MQ Series covers the broad spectrum of use cases that require Mobile Client HDDs; and the DT Series addresses the surveillance and traditional Desktop Client use cases.
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About Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (TET) Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation is responsible for the sales and marketing promotion and support of Toshiba hard disk drives and Toshiba External HDDs in Taiwan, China and Southeast Asian countries. TET is the best partner to Enterprise server, storage and notebook computers, and its mission is to offer the best service and products embodying the highest quality and most leading-edge technology. For more information, visit us at: http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/product/storage-products.html
About Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) Toshiba Electronics Asia (Singapore) (“TEA”) is under Toshiba Semiconductor & Storage Products Company, a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation. TEA was founded in 1990, and is responsible for the sales, marketing and services for Toshiba’s wide range of storage solutions in Asia Pacific, which includes the Canvio Portable External Hard Drives and Internal Hard Drives. TEA is the best partner to consumers and enterprises, and its mission is to offer the best services and products that embody the highest quality and cutting-edge technology. To find out more about TEA, visit: https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/storage.html
The MG08-D Series delivers reliability and power efficiency to enterprise and business-critical applications workloads
TAIPEI – Taiwan, October 27th, 2020 – Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (“Toshiba”) announces the Toshiba MG08-D Series HDDs, designed for a wide variety of business-critical applications, such as email and CRM (Customer Resource Management), data analysis for business intelligence, small-medium business servers, and data-retention and compliance archiving.
Toshiba’s 7th generation air mechanical design provides better power efficiency and a lower component count to deliver better total cost of ownership than its earlier generation models. The new series features 4TB, 6TB and 8TB models, in both SATA and SAS interfaces. The new 4TB<sup>[1]</sup> models are available in 512e, 4Kn and 512n sector models, and the 6TB and 8TB models are available in 512e and 4Kn sector models, assuring plug-and-play interoperability for applications using prior 4TB models.
“Toshiba’s new MG08-D Series delivers new levels of reliability and power efficiency to enterprise and business-critical server and storage platforms,” said Takayoshi Tokushima, Senior Manager of Marketing Division at Asia Strategic Alliance, Toshiba Storage Products. “Toshiba’s 7th generation conventional mechanical design utilizes Conventional Magnetic Recording technology to deliver plug-and-play versatility that is compatible with the widest range of applications and operating system environments.”
The MG08-D Series provides many industry-standard features, including 7200rpm performance, a 3.5-inch<sup>[2]</sup> form factor, choice of SATA 6Gbit/s or 12Gbit/s SAS Interface<sup>[3]</sup>, and a 550TB a year workload<sup>[4]</sup> rating. Compared with Toshiba’s current line-up of 4-6-8TB models, the new 4TB model achieves the broadest range of benefits from the MG08 generation of technology advances. For example, compared with the previous model<sup>[5]</sup>, the new 4TB provides an approximately 23% better maximum sustained transfer speed of 243MiB/s and doubles the cache buffer size to 256MiB. It also improves the calculated reliability specification from 1.4 million hours MTTF (AFR 0.63%) to 2.0 million hours MTTF (AFR 0.43%)<sup>[6]</sup>, and reduces active idle power consumption to 4.07W. The 2.0 million hour MTTF is also supported for the new 6TB and 8TB MG08-D Series models.
Notes: <sup>[1]</sup>Definition of capacity: One terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes, but storage capacity actually available may vary depending on operating environment and formatting. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary. <sup>[2]</sup>“3.5-inch” refers to an HDD form factor. It does not indicate drive’s physical size. <sup>[3]</sup>Read and write speed may vary depending on the host device, read and write conditions, and file size. <sup>[4]</sup>Workload is a measure of data throughout the year, and it is defined as the amount of data written, read or verified by commands from the host system. <sup>[5]</sup>Comparison with the new MG08ADA400E (SATA 512e) and prior generation MG04ACA400E (SATA 512e). <sup>[6]</sup>MTTF (Mean Time to Failure) and AFR (Annualized Failure Rate) assume 8760 h/year power on hours (24 hours a day, 7 days a week), up to 550TB/year total data transfers, and an average HDA surface temperature of 40°C or lower. Use at case HDA surface temperatures above 40°C may degrade product reliability and reduce the warranty period.
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