The Storage Products Business Unit of Toshiba America Electronic Components,Inc. announced that a leading German luxury car manufacturer is now shipping itsvehicles standard with Toshiba's MK2060GSC 200GB Serial ATA automotive hard diskdrives (HDD), marking 26 million automotive-grade HDDs shipped. Toshiba has ledinnovation in the automotive sector since launching its first automotive-gradeHDD in 2000, and is the leading vendor in the automotive storage market. By 2016, more than 55 million people worldwide will have Internet access builtinto their vehicles, according to iSuppli Corp. Sophisticated navigation andentertainment systems, smartphone and tablet integration, and Internetconnectivity are all features that consumers rely on to enhance their in-carexperience, and these systems depend on reliable, shock-resistant HDDs to operate. Toshiba works in partnership with premier automotive manufacturers toprovide best-in-class storage devices that can withstand severe road conditions,the growing quantities of data embedded in a vehicle's systems, and users'demands for constant connectivity to stream high-definition movies and updatetheir navigation systems simultaneously.

"Cars are increasingly forming a key part of our connected ecosystem. It isessential they have the capacity to store all the data consumers want and need,"said Joel Hagberg, vice president marketing, Toshiba Storage Products BusinessUnit."As the automotive industry continues to develop a more integrated andconnected driving experience, we will continue to partner with manufacturers tomeet their specifications and provide the most innovative and effective storagesolutions possible."

Launched two years ago, the MKxx60GSC 2.5-inch SATA-interface series canwithstand extreme environments including temperature, shock and altitudevariations while still providing seamless performance. Each drive is optimizedto handle temperature variations of -22º to +185ºF. With aerodynamic technologyin the magnetic head slider, the drive series can withstand altitudes up to18,536 feet (higher than any city in the world), and withstands up to 3G(29.4m/s²) vibration tolerance1 during operation. With 200GB2 of storage, the MKxx60GSC series is the largest capacityautomotive-grade HDD available.

The drive's 4,200 RPM speed offers high internaltransfer rates of up to 665 Mb/s using an average seek time of 12ms. The drivealso offers silent seek operation and uses the minimum amount of power forenergy efficiency with no compromise on performance.

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