Toshiba Introduces New 1.8-Inch Hard Disk Drives Specially Designed for the Consumer Electronics Market

Business Wire, June 9, 2005

Who:        Toshiba Storage Device Division (SDD)

What:       Announces a 1.8-inch hard disk drive (HDD) with special
            features to accommodate the unique needs of consumer
            electronics (CE) devices.

Special
Features:   Reduced footprint vs. Toshiba's current 1.8-inch HDD
            (see table below)

            --  Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) connector common for
                CE devices
            --  Robust capacity - available in 30GB and 60GB
            --  Appropriate for use in MP3 players, PDAs, GPS
                navigation units and other CE products


Dimensions:    Standard 1.8-inch PC Drive     New 1.8-inch CE Drive
                1.8-inch      1.8-inch     1.8-inch CE   1.8-inch CE
Product         HDD 30/20     HDD 60/40     HDD 30/20     HDD 60/40
                MK3006GAL     MK6006GAH     MK3008GAL     MK6008GAH
                MK2004GAL     MK4004GAH     MK2008GAL     MK4008GAH
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Width (mm)               54.0                        54.0
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Height (mm)        5.0           8.0           5.0           8.0
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Depth (mm)               78.5                        71.0
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Weight (g)         51            62            48            59
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When:       Toshiba's full line of CE 1.8-inch HDD's will ship in
            late 2005.

Background: With more than 14 million units shipped worldwide since
            2000, Toshiba's 1.8-inch HDD sets the industry standard
            for HDDs in the CE space and commands an 85 percent market
            share in the 1.8-inch form factor, according to research
            firms IDC(a) and Gartner(b). Toshiba is continually
            working to develop new technologies that meet the needs of
            the CE industry, and its latest 1.8-inch HDD model gives
            the CE industry a new HDD option for product designs.

About
Toshiba
SDD:        Toshiba SDD, a division of Toshiba America Information
            Systems, Inc., leads the market in the development, design
            and manufacturing of optical disk drives and small form
            factor 0.85-inch, 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch hard disk drives.
            Toshiba SDD markets high-quality peripherals to original
            equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers,
            value-added dealers, systems integrators and distributors
            in the United States.  Inherent in the Toshiba storage
            family are the high-quality engineering and manufacturing
            capabilities that have established Toshiba products as
            worldwide leaders.  For more information, visit
            www.sdd.toshiba.com.

(a) According to IDC's "World Wide HDD 1Q05" report dated May 16, 2005

(b) According to May 2005 Gartner Report by John Monroe entitled
    "Tables for Quarterly Analysis Perspective, 1Q05 Shipments"