Toshiba has unveiled two new 1.8-inch hard disk drives with serial ATA interface: the MK1216GSG offers a storage capacity of 120GB, while the MK8016GSG has a capacity of 80GB.

These are the first Toshiba 1.8-inch HDD to employ a serial ATA interface, which boosts data transfer rates beyond those achieved by the parallel ATA interface, and also offer a rotation speed of 5,400 rpm, 29% faster than the current generation of Toshiba HDD. Alongside high speed data transfer, the new drives offer compact size, high level vibration resistance, and excellent shock resistance. Mass production of both drives will start in April.