Hard drives are becoming smaller and getting slimmer by the day. Toshiba appears to be displeased with their own performance because they have gone ahead and broken their own record for the world’s smallest hard drive. The 250GB MKxx29GSG series disk stands at just 8.0mm thickness and would give tough competition to their recently announced 240GB 1.8 hard drive.

The 240GB drive supposedly also has a much slower PATA interface and has been considered much more suitable to audio players than fully functioning laptops. The 3Gbps SATA new hard drive spinning at 5400rpm is already being considered to be an ideal match for super slim laptops that require smaller hard ware to make it smaller, lighter and more portable.

The specifications of the new drive are 54×78.5×8mm with a weight of just 62g. Toshiba claims it would have an improved transfer rate with an average seek time of 15ms. The future of computers is here, or it will be when mass production begins in November.

Via: EnGadget