[February 22, 2006]

Toshiba Surpasses 25 Million Shipped Milestone for Industry-Leading 1.8-Inch Hard Disk Drives; Toshiba's 1.8-Inch HDD is 'Under the Hood' of Popular Mobile PC, Digital Music and GPS Devices

IRVINE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Feb. 22, 2006 -- Toshiba Storage Device Division (SDD) today announced that Toshiba has surpassed worldwide cumulative production of 25 million 1.8-inch hard disk drives (HDDs), demonstrating the success of this small form factor, high-capacity storage solution as the driving force behind many of today's most popular consumer electronics (CE) devices.

Toshiba continues to strengthen its 1.8-inch HDD offering to provide CE manufacturers with a solid offering for high-capacity mobile devices. In January 2006, the company shipped its second 1.8-inch HDD based on perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology, delivering 80GB of capacity for digital music, notebook storage, GPS content and more.

Toshiba's 1.8-inch HDDs provide storage for a variety of CE products including mobile entertainment devices, handheld computers, ultra-portable notebooks, portable GPS navigation systems, MP3 players, and other specialized digital products since their launch in 2000.

"The 1.8-inch HDD is well positioned to meet the burgeoning demand for smaller form factor, significant capacity drives," said Scott Maccabe, vice president and general manager, Toshiba SDD. "Since its introduction, Toshiba has more than doubled the capacity of the 1.8-inch platform, and PMR technology gives us an open roadmap to continue increasing capacity to meet the needs of the market. The 1.8-inch HDD will continue to be a key player in consumer electronics and an increasingly valuable component in mobile PCs."

Toshiba's 40GB 1.8-inch HDD based on PMR was recently honored with the Grand Award from Popular Science as part of its annual "Best of What's New" issue in 2005. Toshiba currently offers a full line of 1.8-inch HDDs in 20GB, 30GB, 40GB, 60GB and 80GB capacities. The drives are available to OEMs and through distribution for systems builders and value-added resellers. For more information about Toshiba's line of 1.8-inch HDDs, visit www.sdd.toshiba.com.

For design engineers interested in integrating Toshiba's 1.8-inch HDDs into consumer or computing applications, visit the SDD Web site at www.developer.toshiba.com to request a developers' kit, complete with detailed product specifications, mounting recommendations and photos.

About Toshiba Storage Device Division

Toshiba SDD, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems Inc., leads the market in the development, design and manufacturing of 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.

About Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. (TAIS)

With headquarters in Irvine, TAIS is comprised of four business units: Digital Products Division, Imaging Systems Division, Storage Device Division and Telecommunication Systems Division. Together, these divisions provide mobile products and solutions, including industry-leading portable computers; projectors; imaging products for the security, medical and manufacturing markets; storage products for automotive, computer and consumer electronics applications; and telephony equipment and associated applications.

TAIS provides sales, marketing and services for its wide range of information products in the United States and Latin America. TAIS is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corp., which is a global leader in high technology and integrated manufacturing of electrical and electronic components, products and systems, as well as major infrastructure systems. Toshiba has worldwide sales of over $54 billion and approximately 300 subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. For more information visit the company's Web site at www.toshiba.com.

(C) 2006 Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. All product, service and company names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. Information including without limitation product prices, specifications, availability, content of services, and contact information is subject to change without notice.

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