<s>
Travelstar	B-Device
was	O
a	O
brand	O
of	O
2.5-inch	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drives	I-Device
(	O
HDD	O
)	O
that	O
was	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Western	O
Digital	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
brand	O
was	O
originally	O
introduced	O
by	O
IBM	O
in	O
1994	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
Travelstar	B-Device
LP	O
,	O
a	O
2.5-inch	O
300MB	O
12.5	O
mm	O
high	O
HDD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
brand	O
was	O
adopted	O
and	O
renamed	O
to	O
"	O
HGST	B-Device
Travelstar	I-Device
"	O
by	O
HGST	O
after	O
it	O
acquired	O
IBM	O
's	O
HDD	O
business	O
in	O
2003	O
and	O
continued	O
for	O
a	O
while	O
after	O
HGST	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Western	O
Digital	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
HGST	O
prefix	O
is	O
now	O
defunct	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
drives	O
were	O
typically	O
used	O
with	O
laptop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
and	O
small	O
form	O
factor	O
desktop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newer	O
Travelstar	B-Device
drives	O
were	O
manufactured	O
with	O
the	O
Serial	O
ATA	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Older	O
models	O
were	O
offered	O
with	O
the	O
PATA	B-Protocol
interface	O
and	O
some	O
in	O
a	O
1.8	O
"	O
form	O
factor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
brand	O
ended	O
in	O
2012	O
with	O
the	O
last	O
Travelstar	B-Device
series	O
,	O
the	O
Travelstar	B-Device
Z7K500	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
drive	O
capacities	O
of	O
250	O
,	O
320	O
,	O
and	O
500GB	O
capacities	O
and	O
32MB	O
of	O
cache	O
with	O
a	O
speed	O
of	O
7200	O
RPM	O
.	O
</s>
