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Intel Denies Rumors of SSD Market ExitJun 23, 2008 - in News
Intel will stick to flash memory businesses, contrary to recent reports. We spoke to Intel contacts several days ago and they indicated that the company has no intentions of leaving the flash memory business despite reports suggesting otherwise. Intel re
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Convolve Sues Dell, Western Digital and Hitachi For HDD Patent InfringementJun 20, 2008 - in News
The latest patent infringement lawsuit sees Dell and two of its suppliers Hitachi and Western Digital, come under fire from Convolve Incorporated.
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Samsung Said To Have Large Batch Of Defective 68nm DRAM ChipsJun 18, 2008 - in News
Following the speculated DRAM production issues on 66nm process node at Hynix Semiconductor, rival Samsung Electronics is also said to have a large batch of DRAM chips being rejected by customers.
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Storage And Memory Players Address SSDs At ComputexJun 13, 2008 - in News
This year Computex Taipei 2008 was abuzz with discussions about transitions in the market from conventional hard-disk drives (HDD) to solid-state drives (SSD), with players in the upstream and downstream market segments all having an opinion about how quickly signifigacant SSD penetrataiton will occur.
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Hard Drive Withstands Fire And Water SubmersionJun 9, 2008 - in News
Auburn (CA) - Most small businesses and consumers do not have elaborate disaster recovery plans in place, which means that their data may be at risk, especially if backups are stored nearby.
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Lite-On IT To Offer USB External Slim DVD Burners In Q3Jun 9, 2008 - in News
Lite-On IT plans to offer external USB slim-type DVD burners in the third quarter of 2008, targeting owners of UMPCs (ultra mobile PCs), Eee PCs and other low-cost portable PCs that do not have built-in DVD burners, according to industry sources.
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SonyNEC Optiarc: Sub $100 Blu-ray Combo Drives for the Holidays?Jun 5, 2008 - in News
SonyNEC Optiarc is one of the key players in optical drives and related technology. We talked to the specialist to get some idea on when Blu-ray drives will have their breakthrough.
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Computex 2008: Sandisk Launches New SSDs For Low-cost PCsJun 4, 2008 - in News
Sandisk has introduced a line of flash memory-based solid-state drives (SSDs) that are designed for ultra low-cost PCs.
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Apacer Mixes Fast SLC with MLC Flash on a Single DriveJun 4, 2008 - in News
Single-Level Cell flash memory (SLC) is fast and expensive, so Multi-level Cell flash (MLC) makes more sense to reach high capacities. Apacer now mixes both types to combine capacity and performance on a single drive.
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SAS Cables: Everything you Wanted to Know is at Uniconn BoothJun 4, 2008 - in News
How familiar are you with SAS cabling? There aren’t only the internal data and power connectors, but fan-out cables, MiniSAS connectors based on Infiniband hardware, external PCI Express cabling and others. We found a great overview at Uniconn Corp.
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Green Power Combo HDD Docking Station Eats 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch DrivesJun 4, 2008 - in News
The HDD Docking Station is a known accessory, as it allows inserting a 3.5” drive into an external device and connecting to a PC via USB 2.0. The new version supports two drives at the same time and supports eSATA.
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Computex: SuperTalent Launches Line of SSD DrivesJun 3, 2008 - in News
Computex is all about hardware, hardware, hardware but you can always count on someone to provide a reprise from all the serious hardcore technology and it looks as though this year, this could effort should be awarded to SuperTalent.
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SanDisk Flash SSDs for Lowest-Cost PCsJun 3, 2008 - in News
Small isn't always beautiful, but it is convenient. SanDisk is adding new, shriked Flash SSDs to its portfolio to be able to equip ultra-portable PCs and lowest-cost solutions with cheap flash storage instead of hard drives.
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Computex: Intel Launches Cheap SSDsJun 3, 2008 - in News
Taipei (Taiwan) - Intel has begun offering NAND flash-based solid state disk drives (SSDs) for mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and entry-level desktop and notebook computers, referred to as Nettops and netbooks.
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Thecus: M3800 Home NAS and Mini PCs Powered by AMD GeodeJun 3, 2008 - in News
With Intel phasing out its Xscale processors, storage vendors have to look for other storage processors. Thecus, despite being an Intel Storage Member, decided to go with AMD’s Geode for its home NAS products. The results are nice.
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Smarter Storage: 3Gen IntelliNAS and RestoreJun 3, 2008 - in News
3Gen seems to be just another NAS vendor. But its products, the IntelliNAS for four HDDs, and the 3Gen Restore, provide appealing value for SMBs and enthusiast users.
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1.8-inch Flash SSDs with MicroSATA InterfaceJun 3, 2008 - in News
Conventional SATA interfaces are too massive for 1.8“ or smaller drives, hence Supertalent has presented a 1.8“ 120-GB Flash SSD based on MicroSATA.
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Hitachi Shows New Notebook and Server HDDs. Desktop Drives Pending.Jun 3, 2008 - in News
While Hitachi was the first to release a terabyte 3.5” hard drive, the next generation desktop product hasn’t arrived. We saw the new 320-GB 7,200 RPM notebook drive and a new 15k Ultrastar with 450 GB capacity instead.
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Supertalent Has the Smallest USB Flash DriveJun 2, 2008 - in News
Flash memory has reached densities at which the manufacturers now focus on reducing the product size. Supertalent impressed us by providing its press release on the smallest thumb drive we’ve ever seen.
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IDC Predicts 3 TB Hard Drives By 2012Jun 2, 2008 - in News
Hard drive manufacture appear to be increasingly under pressure from advances in the solid state disk arena, with some manufacturers claiming that 512 GB drives will be available with current technologies.
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WD Updates 7200 Rpm 2.5" Hard DrivesJun 2, 2008 - in News
WD today announced its Scorpio Black series of 2.
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Cast Your Vote! Computex 2008 Design AwardsJun 2, 2008 - in News
We encourage our readers to rate their favorite Computex 2008 product designs! Ten items made it through our pre-selection process, and it's yours to decide who will win the Gold and Silver Computex 2008 Design Awards. Be a part of it!
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TDK Launches 1.8" MicroSATA Solid State Disk DrivesMay 30, 2008 - in News
Tokyo (Japan) - TDK is expanding its family of solid state disk (SSD) drives with a microSATA version that will be available with 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB of capacity.
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Intel And Micron Announce New Flash Chips: 1000 Songs On Your FingernailMay 29, 2008 - in News
Santa Clara (CA) - Despite continuing pricing pressure in the global flash industry, manufacturers are pushing hard to drive the technology further along: Intel and Micron are first to announce 34 nm NAND flash chips, which hold the potential to store 4 GB on a tiny chip, 64 GB on chips for portable devices and up to 512 GB in solid state disk drives.
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1 TB, Blu-ray Compatible Optical Disc AnnouncedMay 29, 2008 - in News
Call/Recall has announced it is developing a 1TB optical drive and disk, backwards compatible with Blu-ray, in partnership with with the Nichia Corporation of Japan.
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Lacie Announces External 4x Blu-ray WriterMay 27, 2008 - in News
Lacie has increased the burn speeds of its d2 Blu-ray drive from a 2x to a 4x rating.
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Samsung Announces 256 GB MLC SATA II SSDMay 26, 2008 - in News
Samsung announced yesterday at its fifth annual Mobile Solution Forum, the company’s development of the world’s fastest, 2.5 inch, 256 GB MLC SSD with a SATA II interface.
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HP Pitches Green Printers, Samsung Green Hard DrivesMay 22, 2008 - in News
Chicago (IL) - If there is one trend in the IT industry that you simply can miss than it is green technology and we are seeing more and more companies increasing their product and marketing focus on this topic every day.
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Mtron Announces Fastest SSDs In ExistenceMay 16, 2008 - in News
Seoul (South Korea) - South Korea-based Mtron has announced the fastest solid state drives in existence.
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Toshiba aims to have 50% of SSD market share by 2011May 9, 2008 - in News
Reports show that Toshiba has high hopes regarding its presence in the SSD Market over the next few years and is committing to having 50 percent of the SSD market under its belt in as little as two years time.