Sanyo announced today that it has developed a blue-violet semiconductor laser capable of outputting 450mW. According to the company's press release, the laser is capable of recording four layer Blu-ray Discs at speeds up to 12x. Sanyo also claims that a device equipped with the laser would be able to dub an entire two hour program in as little as ten minutes. Sadly, Sanyo's doesn't plan to put its new laser into mass production for another 2-3 years.

Super Talent recently announced its new line of cost-effective consumer solid state drives (SSDs). Available in 64GB and 128GB capacities, the MasterDrive LX is built with NAND flash and uses a SATA-II 3Gbps interface that is capable of 100MB/s read and 40MB/s write speeds. Best of all, the 128GB unit retails for less than $300.

Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today launched a pair of new high quality SATA-II SSDs that shatter previous price barriers.

Super Talent’s MasterDrive SSDs have become legendary for their many advantages over hard drives. MasterDrive SSDs offer five times better resistance to shock and vibration, consume less power, support a wider range of operating temperatures and altitudes, and are completely silent. The new MasterDrive LX, offered in 64GB and 128GB capacities, offers all these benefits.

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Pioneer unveiled two new Blu-ray Disc writers at CEATEC 2008. The Japanese website, AV Watch, has posted some pictures of these drives along with their specs. For the desktop, Pioneer plans to release a new 8x Blu-ray Disc writer later this year. This unnamed drive is capable of writing to BD-R and BD-R DL media at 8x and BD-RE discs at 2x. It also features 16x DVD±R, 8x DVD±R DL, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW and 5x DVD-RAM writing speeds and a SATA interface.

Along with their half-height drive, Pioneer had a new slim Blu-ray Disc writer on display. While only 12.7mm high, the drive is capable of writing to BD-R and BD-R DL media at 4x and BD-RE discs at 2x. On top of that, it can write to DVD±R and DVD±R DL media at 8x and DVD-RAM discs at 5x.

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Western Digital sent out a press release this morning, announcing its WD ShareSpace high-speed network storage systems. These new 4-bay storage systems provide up to 4 TB of storage capacity and offer multiple RAID configurations for data protection and speed. The WD ShareSpace systems also features a built in FTP server, Active Directory support and software for remote access and network backups.

WD® (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in external storage solutions, today introduced its new WD ShareSpace high-speed network storage systems that provide cost-effective, centralized storage for small office and home networks. WD ShareSpace represents WD’s first entry into the small-office network storage market, where it plans to bring to a new class of users the ease-of-use, design and value enjoyed by millions of WD My Book® and My Passport™ customers.

Traditionally, available only in large companies with big IT departments, centralized storage helps businesses improve collaboration, while protecting their digital assets. The WD ShareSpace storage systems now bring those large-company benefits to small offices in an easy-to-set-up, small-footprint design. The 4-bay storage systems with Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) interface provide up to 4 TB of storage capacity and multiple RAID configurations.

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