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06 January 2015

Crucial, a leading global brand of memory and storage upgrades, today announced two new solid state drives (SSDs): the Crucial MX200, built to deliver leading speeds and features, and the Crucial BX100, designed to offer substantial yet affordable performance gains compared to a hard drive.

Crucial MX200 SSD

Available in 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB capacities with respective MSRPs of $139.99, $249.99, and $469.99, the new Crucial MX200 delivers sequential reads and write up to 555MB/s and 500MB/s, along with random reads and writes up to 100k and 87k IOPS on all file types. Additionally, with an endurance rating up to 320 TBW (total bytes written) on the 1TB model, the Crucial MX200 delivers up to five times more endurance than a typical client SSD.

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06 January 2015

Creative Technology Ltd today unveiled a limited edition of its latest Sound Blaster X7 at CES 2015. Recently named a double 2015 CES Innovations Awards Honoree in both the ‘Home Audio/Video Components and Accessories’ and ‘Computer Hardware and Components’ categories, the feature-packed Sound Blaster X7 which is an ultra high-resolution external USB DAC and powerful audio amplifier now comes in an exclusive pearl white color, includes a 144W power adapter that is capable of delivering up to 100W output to passive speakers, and has a very low headphone amplifier output impedance of 1 ohm to effortlessly drive even the more sensitive in-ear monitors (IEMs) on the market.

The Sound Blaster X7, showcasing at the 2015 International CES, is designed to connect with a range of gaming and entertainment systems as an ultra high-end external Sound Blaster audio solution with an impressive 24-bit/192kHz high-resolution 127dB digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and a powerful 100W audio amplifier. It provides a superior, pure and lossless listening experience for games, music and movies – meeting the most discerning demands of audiophile listeners and enthusiast gamers alike.

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06 January 2015

Lite-On Storage, a leading developer of enterprise flash storage technology, today introduced its CV2 family of solid-state drives during a press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Solid-state drives are faster and more affordable than ever. Lite-On also improves their reliability with its CV2 family armed with next-generation low-density parity-check (LDPC) technology.

Lite-On’s CV2 is the first SSD powered by Marvell’s four-channel 88SS1074 controller, enabling support for 256-bit AES encryption, an ultra-low-power DEVSLP state for extended battery life in mobile devices, and the latest flash memory interfaces. Lite-On’s firmware engineers take that cutting-edge feature set and tune it, optimizing every aspect of the storage platform.

The 88SS1074 is matched up to triple-level-cell Toshiba A19 NAND in capacities of 128, 256, and 512GB. By implementing the controller’s LDPC error-correcting technology, Lite-On extends the CV2’s endurance as much as 33%, hitting reliability levels previously only attainable with MLC flash. The result is an SSD rated for 2,000 program-erase cycles and protected by a three-year warranty.

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06 January 2015

Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, today unveiled the Samsung Portable SSD T1, a stylish, external portable solid state drive (SSD) that represents a new standard of storage for today’s digital life. Designed for speed and security without sacrificing style, the Portable SSD T1 is ideal for business travelers, creative professionals and content creators with a need for secure local storage they can take on-the-go and use to quickly transfer large amounts of data. Available in 250 gigabyte (GB), 500GB and 1 terabyte (TB) storage capacities, the Portable SSD T1 will launch globally in 15 countries across the United States, European and Asian markets later this month.

Powered by Samsung’s proprietary 3D Vertical NAND (V-NAND) technology, the Portable SSD T1 is a high-performance memory storage device recently chosen as an honoree for the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovation Awards. The new drive will be on display at the 2015 CES from January 6-9 at Samsung’s booth, 11906, located in the Central Hall.

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06 January 2015

PNY Technologies, Inc. ("PNY") today announced a new line-up of high-performance Solid State Drives (SSDs) for enterprise, client, and consumer storage solutions, while at Pepcom's Digital Experience! 2015 in Las Vegas, NV. The PNY EP7000 Series is designed for enterprise class workload, the PNY CL4000 Series is designed for client OEM business environments, and the CS2000 and CS1000 Series are both geared towards consumers -- gamer/enthusiast and entry-level value segments, respectively.

"PNY's new range of Solid State Drives is a result of the company's renewed focus on delivering innovative, high quality SSD products to address the growing needs of the storage market," said Vinny Girardi, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Storage Solutions & New Products group at PNY. "This new series of solid state drives are highly reliable, as they have gone through rigorous validation and testing, ensuring they meet the stringent requirements specific to the enterprise and client markets. This new line-up of SSDs will truly make life simple for our customer base!"

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Network Storage

05 January 2015

QNAP Systems, Inc. have partnered with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), and announced the release of the high-performance 10GbE-ready TVS-863+ and 4/6/8-bay TVS-x63 Turbo vNAS series, with an AMD Embedded G-Series quad-core 2.4GHz processor and a RAM module expandable to 16GB. With highly-efficient hardware encryption, SSD cache acceleration, and advanced AMD Radeon graphics, the TVS-x63+ series provides an affordable 10GbE unified storage solution to safeguard all stored contents and to process intensive tasks and high-quality multimedia files.

"QNAP is renowned for providing comprehensive cutting-edge NAS solutions with high-quality features for users, and we feel very honored to cooperate with QNAP to release the new TVS-x63+ series NAS, powered by AMD embedded solutions," said Scott Aylor, corporate vice president and general manager, AMD Embedded Solutions. "The AMD Embedded G-Series SoC provides high performance while being energy efficient and meets the requirements of a NAS designed to deliver 24/7 continuous and reliable services."

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05 January 2015

Patriot, a leading manufacturer in mobile accessories, computer and USB/flash memory, today announced the release of its new EP PRO-II SDXC card, becoming one of few companies supporting UHS-II capable devices and adding to its robust line up of flash memory.

The new EP PRO-II SDXC is designed to support the latest generation of high-performing devices with high definition and ultra-high definition (UHD) capabilities. With a capacity ranging from 16GB to 64GB and a read/ write speed of up to 280MB/s and 250MB/s it can fulfill the need for storage and speed without delay. Capable of recoding video in 4K UHD and capturing pictures in the blink of an eye, the EP PRO-II SDXC meets consumer and professional requirements for high resolution needs.

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Network Storage

05 January 2015

QNAP, Inc. is preparing to rock CES 2015 in Las Vegas with an upcoming announcement of a new line of NAS models that mark the launch of the latest AMD® processor with some specialized circuitry for hardware-based video encoding/decoding based on the famed Radeon graphics architecture.  The new AMD-powered units will also benefit from strong hardware encryption and virtualization capabilities offered by the new processor and thus will be a highly desirable networked storage solution for SMBs and video professionals.  More details on this exciting new series will be formally announced at the show.

Above & Beyond NAS

QNAP is out to show the industry that its latest Turbo vNAS offerings continue to shatter the mold of what a NAS can be.  At its invitation-only technology suite at the Westgate Hotel adjacent to the LVCC, QNAP will showcase compelling real-world network appliance application solutions that are engineered to amaze.  Here’s a sneak-peek of what visitors can expect to see:

• Connected Home solutions that bring together 4K ultra high-definition video entertainment, photo & music playback and sharing, whole-home backup, home video surveillance, and more…all within a single Turbo vNAS and its intuitive embedded QTS 4.2 NAS management software. New Connected Home integration with Crestron, RTI, and AMX will be demonstrated;
• Enterprise and data center customers will see new features including Snapshot for Volume and iSCSI, Snapshot Replica, Central Management System (Q'center), Snapshot agent for Windows VSS; which are a part of the new QTS 4.2 update;
• The full line-up of award-winning QNAP Turbo NAS and NVR video surveillance solutions.

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05 January 2015

Seagate Technology plc, a world leader in storage solutions, today unveiled two new storage products for the home, Seagate Personal Cloud and Seagate Personal Cloud 2-Bay. Seagate Personal Cloud provides the accessibility of cloud storage with the peace of mind that content is stored safely at home. What differentiates these two Personal Cloud drives apart is how easily they can stream content to smartphones, set-top boxes, tablets, PCs or televisions via the Seagate Media application. Additionally, when used in conjunction with the acclaimed Seagate Mobile Backup app and Dashboard software, Seagate Personal Cloud also serves as a central backup device for PCs, Mac computers, USB drives, iOS and Android mobile devices.

Seagate Personal Cloud demystifies the often frustrating process of finding, accessing and enjoying photos, videos and music on the device of your choice. Once connected to a wireless router and after a free download of the Seagate Media app, users will be treated to an intuitive, media-rich browsing experience that makes playback of content an effortless and enjoyable experience. Unmatched in the number of compatible platforms and ease-of-use, the Seagate Media apps support the following devices: