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Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC), a U.S. marketing arm of Toshiba Corporation for electronic components, today announced a series of solid state drive (SSD) modules using the latest generation Toshiba 32nm MLC NAND flash, at Intel Developers Forum 2009. The Toshiba SG2 modules are offered in two types, one based on the new low-profile mini-SATA (mSATA) interface standard and the other a Half-Slim type, which uses a SATA connector. The drives are available in 30GB and 62GB modules. Volume production will start in October.
The two types of modules, each smaller than a business card, provide greater design flexibility and save space and cost compared to SSDs with hard disk drive form factors and cases. The 62GB module is only one seventh the volume and one eighth the weight of a 2.5-inch form factor SSD, and consumes half the power. With interface speeds up to 3 gigabits per second (Gb/s), a maximum sequential read speed of 180 megabytes per second (MBps) and a maximum sequential write speed of 70MBps, the modules will help bring the performance advantages of SSDs to notebooks, portable electronics and embedded systems. An advanced controller features a translation mode, which enables any drive configuration, and the drive supports 28-bit LBA (Logical Block Address) mode commands and 48-bit LBA mode commands. Multi-word DMA, Ultra-DMA modes and Advanced PIO commands are supported. The drives have an optional capability for secure Full Disk Encryption (FDE) backup that prevents unauthorized data access.
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Seagate Technology today began global shipments of the world’s fastest, largest-capacity mainstream desktop hard drive – Barracuda® XT, a 7200RPM product featuring 2TB of storage capacity and a blazing fast Serial ATA (SATA) 6Gb/second interface. The 3.5-inch desktop drive, the industry’s first to feature a SATA 6Gb/s interface, meets the capacity demands of gaming, digital video-environments and other storage-hungry desktop computing applications while delivering the highest performance in its class.
The introduction of the Barracuda XT drive marks the shift to the next generation of desktop computing speed as Seagate doubles the storage bandwidth of current computers.
“Capacity and performance remain the defining attributes of hard drives for PC gamers, digital multimedia content developers and many other customers requiring high-end systems at home and in the office,” said Dave Mosley, executive vice president of Sales and Marketing at Seagate. “Seagate is meeting these requirements with the first 7200RPM desktop hard drive to combine 2TB of storage capacity with the fastest Serial ATA interface to date.”
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Active Media Products, manufacturer of SSDs and WWF series USB drives, today announced the Windows® 7 compatible SaberTooth S3 line of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB SATA Mini PCIe SSDs that are designed to bring a fresh performance boost to the Asus Eee PC at affordable prices.
"The SaberTooth S3 gives you Raptor-like performance for your Eee PC. The long wait to bootup and load applications with the default drive will be replaced by a few seconds of awe", ventured Jerry Thomson, vice president of sales at Active Media Products. "An SSD upgrade is the single best way to accelerate your netbook or UMPC, and our SaberTooth SSDs are specially made for popular netbook models."
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Team Group Inc launches the brand new Color Turn USB disk as the best mobile storage solution. Integrating the novel turning body, confident colors, full performance, and high capacity, Team turns technology products into joy for users to change their mind as ideas go with great ease and confidence.
The Color Turn adopts the cap-in-body design. With just a slight push, you can use it in whatever way that pleases you, and you will never have to worry about losing the cap. The Color Turn comes in 3 colors: earth green, elegant purple, and prudent brown, refreshing and uncommon, showing the LOHAS attitude. Also, the Color Turn comes in a full capacity range from 2GB ~ 32GB. Based on personal needs, consumers can choose any model to store and read any documents, media files, digital photos, and MP3 files. With the high-speed-transfer USB 2.0 interface, consumers can store and organize any file and precious moment in life in an instant.
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Nero, creators of liquid media technology, announced today the release of Nero Linux 4, the latest version of the definitive burning application for the Linux operating system. This new offering also includes a new application, Nero Linux Express 4 – designed to meet the diverse needs of Linux users with a range of experience levels. Nero further expands their Linux portfolio with Nero Linux 4 Essentials catering to needs of their OEM partners.
After installation, Nero Linux 4 with Nero Linux Express 4 can be launched individually - based on user preference. For beginner Linux users, the user-friendly, wizard-style interface of Nero Linux Express 4 provides easy, guided steps for burning audio and data discs. Nero Linux 4 application offers advanced audio and data file support as well as options, tools, and settings for full burning, copying, and ripping of CDs and DVDs.
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Pioneer Japan sent out a press release this morning, announcing the industry's first 12x Blu-ray Disc writer, the BDR-S05J. This Serial ATA equipped drive is capable of 12x BD-R, 12x BD-R DL, 6x BD-R LTH, 2x BD-RE and 2x BD-RE DL writing speeds and a maximum BD-ROM read speed of 8x. The BDR-S05J also includes features like Pioneer's PowerRead and PureRead2 technologies as well as a software bundle from CyberLink. The BDR-S05J is scheduled to ship in October and is expected to cost about 38,000 Yen ($416US).
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Today LaCie announced the latest versions of its Portable DVD±RW Drive, design by Sam Hecht. Now with a sleek black finish, the award-winning LaCie Portable DVD±RW includes new multimedia burning solutions, allowing users to piece together sophisticated movie, music, and photo projects in a matter of minutes – creating customized CDs or DVDs wherever they go.
Featuring two versions for easy setup and seamless compatibility, users can choose from the multimedia burning solution for Mac or PC. The Windows® version comes with Creator Suite 10, while the combined Mac® and Windows version comes with Toast 9 Basic, as well as Creator Suite 10.
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Toshiba Storage Device Division (SDD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. and the pioneer in small form factor hard disk drives (HDDs), today announced a new family of high-performance 7,200 RPM 2.5-inch HDDs, including a top-end half-terabyte capacity.
The four-model line-up delivers more than a 13 percent performance improvement in disk operations compared to Toshiba's previous 7,200 RPM family, while decreasing environmental impact by eliminating or reducing the use of certain toxic and hazardous chemicals. The series also carries the SATA-certified 3Gb/s logo, which indicates successful completion of stringent interface compliance testing defined by the Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO), the industry body responsible for setting the standards for Serial ATA interface technologies.
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Plextor announces its latest internal SATA DVD writer – the 24x PX-880SA is the fastest drive in its optical range. It features a new improved Plextor chassis design that reduces noise and greatly improves writing quality – making it ideal for all users in the home, home-office and the larger organisation.
While burning at 24x speed, air flow can cause inconvenient acoustic noise within other chassis on the market. Plextor new unique drive design regulates the air flow, reduces the amount of noise created, and at the same time enhances writing and reading quality.
The PX-880SA incorporates a host of features including PlexERASE, PlexUTILITIES, LightScribe technology, and more. It even bundles Nero 9 Essentials burning software for all your digital media needs.
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Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, will start shipping the first PCI Express RAIDDriveTM SSDs in early October.
RAIDDrive is designed to break the throughput bottleneck in the storage subsystem by removing the bandwidth limitation of the SATA bus. The PCIe Gen. 2.0 x8 interface used by RAIDDrive SSDs supports 4GB/sec bandwidth, more than ten times that of the SATA-II 3Gbps bus, and five times greater than the not yet available SATA-III bus.
Using patent pending RAID architecture that is optimized for NAND flash memory, RAIDDrive is able to support sequential read speeds of up to 1.4GB/sec. A turbocharged cache system with up to 1GB of DRAM cache enables sequential write speeds as fast as 1.2GB/sec. RAIDDrive, which houses four discrete SATA SSDs, comes in a custom aluminum enclosure measuring 258 x 112 x 25 mm. Higher capacity RAIDDrive models use the RAIDDrive Expander – a separate PCIe card – to hold a total of eight SATA SSDs.
