Western Digital today announced that it is beginning to recover from the devastating floods in Thailand that left many of its factories under water. One building in the company’s Bang Pa-in facility was brought back on line and started producing hard drives again on November 30th. The Bang Pa-in building had been under six feet
Transcend Information, Inc, has announced its newest StoreJet Cloud Wireless Portable Drive, which features compact dimensions, a long-lasting battery, and up to 64GB in storage capacity– extending the storage space available on Apple iOS and other Wi-Fi enabled devices considerably. It also provides dedicated, wireless access to photos, documents, eBooks, music, and movies.
Samsung announced a new high-performance mSATA SSD for Ultrabooks dubbed the PM830, sporting speeds of up to 500MB/s read. Available in capacities spanning from 64 to 256GB, the drive makes use of Samsung’s own 20nm MLC NAND. This new mSATA SSD is being targeted towards the new crop of Ultrabooks, with a focus on the
Microsoft has announced much needed improvements to their cloud storage system, SkyDrive. Microsoft reps say that they addressed the biggest issues that users have pointed out, largely around usability and responsiveness.
Fusion-io has announced that its VSL software subsystem and four 1.2 TB Fusion ioDrive2s in a single 64-core AMD server reached 1.11 million transactions per second in a Microsoft SQL Server database test. This data throughput was the projected requirement to run all credit card transactions on the planet, reaching a new level of powering
STEC, Inc, announced that its flagship ZeusIOPS SSD product line has been expanded to include a new ultra-high endurance model. STEC’s new SSD is a Multi-Level Cell (MLC) flash-based drive that uses CellCare technology allowing the drive to complete at least 30 full capacity writes per day for five years, which will reduce the total
OCZ Technology (Nasdaq:OCZ) has released their second generation Talos enterprise SSD. The Talos 2 is a dual-ported SAS 6G drive that increases capacity to 1TB in a 2.5″ form factor. The first generation Talos was launched in May of this year and only available in a 3.5″ form factor. Talos 2 leverages OCZ’s Virtualized Controller
Hard drive manufacturer Seagate (NYSE: STX) updated its financial outlook for the December 2011 and March 2012 quarters. Overall, the outlook is good and Seagate believes that the industry will come closer to meeting demand than previously anticipated. While Seagate’s holdings in Thailand have not been affected by the recent flood, other industries and suppliers
After completing a review, in most cases we hang onto the gear that was sent to us (some comes to us on loan). Some of these product get put through long-term testing, some we warehouse in anticipation of testing updated firmware in the future, and some we keep on hand for occasions like this. In
The high cost of flash has been a major obstacle for the mainstream implementation of SSDs in the market place. According to Kingston Technology, however, the use of SSDs are expected to expand significantly with falling NAND flash prices. The average price for 1GB of NAND flash memory is predicted to drop to $1 USD
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