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Toshiba Announces New Generation Solid State Hybrid Drives
Toshiba’s new SSHD unleashes NAND capabilities, delivering high capacity and
speed
Düsseldorf, Germany, 6th January 2015 - Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) announces its
new solid state hybrid drive (SSHD) series, which is equipped with Toshiba's 19nm secondgeneration NAND flash memory (NAND). The new MQ02ABD100H SSHD offers 1TB
capacity in a drive 9.5mm high, while the MQ02ABF050H offers a capacity of 500GB in a
7mm high form factor.
Toshiba's latest SSHDs deliver better performance compared to a traditional hard disk drive
(HDD) because the drives feature NAND that is used as the secondary cache during
operation. This means customers see improvement to the drive’s performance compared to
an HDD, while still maintaining the equivalent capacities of traditional HDDs.
[1] Definition of capacity: Toshiba defines a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes, a gigabyte (GB) as
1,000,000,000 bytes and a terabyte (TB) as 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. A computer operating system,
however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1GiB = 230 = 1,073,741,824
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 operating system,
such as Microsoft Operating System and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content.
Actual formatted capacity may vary.
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The MQ02ABD100H and MQ02ABF050H are suitable for high-performance PCs like
mainstream and gaming PCs, while the MQ02ABF050H's height of 7mm makes it suitable
for ultra-thin or ultra-portable computing devices.
Toshiba’s new generation SSHDs merge the NAND controller function into the main HDD
controller chip. This all-in-one system on chip (SoC) for the MQ02ABD/ABF-H series
enables more integrated management of the HDD and NAND operation compared to
previous SSHDs (MQ01ABD-H and MQ01ABF-H series) that featured separate NAND and
HDD controller chips. As the inventor of NAND and a leader in HDDs, Toshiba has the
engineering expertise to combine NAND, HDD and SSD technologies to develop and
produce SSHDs. Toshiba’s NAND controller technologies unleash the NAND capabilities
such as defective block management, ECC (Error Correction Code), conversion of logical
block address, and wear-leveling.
This new generation SSHD also offers compatibility in both physical size and interface with a
traditional 2.5-inch HDD. In other words, SSHDs allow for improved physical space efficiency
within a system compared to alternatives that use a discrete SSD cache drive alongside an
HDD. When using SSHDs, systems can access the drive through a single interface without
the need for specific device driver software. Because it is a single unit, the SSHD is a lower
cost alternative to SSDs while offering similar performance.
Sample shipments will begin from February 2015.
For more information on Toshiba’s line-up of industry-leading SSDs, HDDs and SSHDs, visit
www.storage.toshiba.eu.
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MQ02ABD100H
MQ02ABF050H
Interface
Serial ATA 3.0 / ATA-8
Interface Speed
6 Gbit/s, 3 Gbit/s, 1.5 Gbit/s
Formatted Capacity
1 TB
500 GB
Logical Data Block Length (HOST)
512 B
Logical Data Block Length (DISK)
4,096 B
NAND Flash Memory Type
2nd Generation 19nm MLC
NAND Flash Memory Size
8 GiB
Performance
Buffer Size
64 MiB
Rotation Speed
5,400 rpm
Average Latency Time
5.56 ms
Power Requirements
Power Consumption (Read/Write)
3.30 / 3.00 W Typ.
Power Consumption (Low Power Idle)
0.75 W Typ.
Dimensions
Height
9.5 mm
7.0 mm
Width
69.85 mm
Length
100.0 mm
Weight
117 g Max.
92 g Max.
Environmental Requirement
Temperature (Operating)
0 to 60 °C
Temperature (Non-operating)
-40 to 65 °C
Vibration (Operating)
9.8 m/s2 { 1.0 G } ( 5 to 500 Hz )
Vibration (Non-operating)
49 m/s2 { 5.0 G } ( 15 to 500 Hz )
Shock (Operating)
3,920 m/s2 { 400 G } ( 2 ms half sine wave )
Shock (Non-operating)
8,820 m/s2 { 900 G } ( 1 ms half sine wave )
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About Toshiba Electronics Europe
Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) is the European electronic components business of Toshiba Corporation,
which is ranked among the world’s largest semiconductor vendors. TEE offers one of the industry's broadest IC
and discrete product lines including high-end memory, microcontrollers, ASICs and ASSPs for automotive,
multimedia, industrial, telecoms and networking applications. The company also has a wide range of power
semiconductor solutions as well as storage products like HDDs, SSDs, SD Cards and USB sticks.
TEE was formed in 1973 in Neuss, Germany, providing design, manufacturing, marketing and sales and now has
headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany, with branch offices in France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United
Kingdom. TEE employs approximately 300 people in Europe. Company president is Mr. Takashi Nagasawa.
For more company information visit TEE’s web site at www.toshiba.semicon-storage.com
About Toshiba
Toshiba Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, channels world-class capabilities in advanced electronic and
electrical product and systems into five strategic business domains: Energy & Infrastructure, Community
Solutions, Healthcare Systems & Services, Electronic Devices & Components, and Lifestyles Products &
Services. Guided by the principles of The Basic Commitment of the Toshiba Group, “Committed to People,
Committed to the Future”, Toshiba promotes global operations towards securing “Growth Through Creativity and
Innovation”, and is contributing to the achievement of a world in which people everywhere live in safe, secure and
comfortable society.
Founded in Tokyo in 1875, today’s Toshiba is at the heart of a global network of over 590 consolidated
companies employing over 200,000 people worldwide, with annual sales surpassing 6.5 trillion yen (US$63
billion).
To find out more about Toshiba, visit www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm
Contact details for publication:
Toshiba Electronics Europe, Hansaallee 181, D-40549 Düsseldorf, Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 211 5296 0 Fax: +49 (0) 211 5296 792197
Web: www.storage.toshiba.eu
E-mail: spdinfo@tee.toshiba.de
Contact details for editorial enquiries:
Barbara Mutz-Gutorski, Toshiba Electronics Europe
Tel: +49 (0) 211 5296 576
E-mail: BMutzGutorski@tee.toshiba.de
Issued by:
Matt Wilkinson / June Stokes, Pinnacle Marketing Communications Ltd,
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8429 6548/+44 (0) 20 8429 6556 Fax: +44 (0) 20 8868 4373.
Web: www.pinnacle-marketing.com
E-mail: m.wilkinson@pinnaclemarcom.com or j.stokes@pinnaclemarcom.com
January 2015 Ref: 6623/A SSHD
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