Pretec announced a number of new products at Computex Taipei 2010. New offerings include its CFast Hypersonic CF cards (up to 128GB), SDXC 64GB memory cards and a high-speed USB 3.0 card reader.
Hitachi-LG HyDrive SSD is Official
The Hitachi-LG HyDrive optical disk drive/solid state disk (OD/SSD) combo is now official. The HyDrive fits into a notebook computer’s optical drive bay. It features 32GB or 64GB of NAND flash memory and an optical drive in one unit.
Hitachi and LG Unveil HyDrive SSD/Optical Drive Hybrid
If one hybrid drive wasn’t enough for you this week, Hitachi and LG are planning to show off their HyDrive ODD/SSD combo unit at Computex on Monday. While at this point the drive is just a concept, the tandem has loaded up several videos showing how 32GB or 64GB of NAND coupled with the optical drive can
Kanguru Announces Defender V2 Encrypted Flash Drive
Kanguru Solutions has announced their latest commercial-use encrypted flash drive, the Defender V2. This latest drive in the Defender series is FIPS 197 certified and has 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption.
Seagate Launches Momentus 750GB Hard Drive
While most of the excitement around Seagate today focuses on the hybrid Momentus XT, the company also released their largest capacity hard drive, the 7200RPM 750GB Momentus with Advanced Format.
Corsair Adds Three SSDs to Force Series Line
Corsair has added three capacities to their SandForce SF-1200 powered Force Series SSD line. The new SSDs include the F60, F120, and F240 which offer capacities of 60GB, 120GB, and 240GB respectively. The two models currently available for sale are 100GB and 200GB capacities.
Transcend Intros Shockproof USB 3.0 Hard Drive
Transcend has launched their latest external storage product, the StoreJet 25M3 rugged portable external hard drive. It uses a 2.5-inch hard drive and has USB 3.0 connectivity.
Western Digital Releases SATA 6Gb/s Caviar Blue Hard Drives
Western Digital has quietly updated their Caviar Blue lineup with three hard drives that support the SATA 6Gb/s interface and increased cache.
Intel Shipping 25nm NAND Flash
Intel has announced that the Intel-Micron Flash Technologies partnership is mass producing 25nm NAND flash memory and Intel is shipping to customers. Intel-Micron Flash Technologies is the first to get 25nm NAND to market, which was originally announced in February. This also means Intel should be able to bring the first SSDs based on these
Seagate 3TB Drive to be Announced Later this Year
Seagate has confirmed it will be introducing a 3TB hard drive later this year. The move to over 2TB capacities will showcase some limitations with legacy programming code in many PCs, which prevents them from addressing over 2.1TB of storage.
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