Fujitsu on March 14 announced the global launch of its MHW2040AC Parallel ATA (PATA) mobile hard disk drive (HDD) for extreme environments, featuring a storage capacity of 40GB and strong temperature and shock and vibration resilience.
Fujitsu's navigation series hard drives can operate in a temperature range of -30-degrees Celsius to 85-degrees Celsius making it suitable for outdoor environments, according to the company. Enabling a range of outdoor applications, such as ATMs, point-of-sale (POS) Systems, auto-ticketing machines, the drive is also suitable for automotive GPS devices, the MHW2040AC series will ship in the second quarter of 2007, stated Fujitsu.
| Fujitsu MHW2040AC hard drive specifications | |
| Item | Details |
| Capacity | 40GB |
| Rotational speed | 4200-rpm |
| Interface | PATA (ATA-7) |
| Buffer size | 8MB |
| Track to track seek time | 1.5 ms typ. |
| Idle power consumption | 0.7 W typ. |
| Ambient temperature tolerance (2 versions) | 30-degrees Celsius to 85-degrees Celsius |
| Relative humidity | 8% to 90% RH |
| Acoustic (Idle) | 1.5 bels typ. |
| Operating shock | 300G (2ms) |
Source: Company, compiled by DigiTimes.com, March 2007
The the Fujitsu MHW2040AC hard drive
Photo: Company