Archive for August 2009
Kingston releases SSDNow V+ line of SSDs
Kingston are still relatively new to the SSD market but they are releasing theur second range of SSDs. The new SSDNow V+ line best the previous non plus version with read and write speeds up to 220MB/sec and 180MB/sec, respectively, and pack some higher input and output operations per second (or IOPS) to boot, which…
Read More2.5TB HDD by 2010
TDK Corporation recently revealed a roadmap that says 2.5” 640GB and 3.5” 2.5TB HDD should be available by January 2010 TDk themselves are a major player in the manufacture of read/write heads for many HDD suppliers. They are currently producing high density read/write heads for 250 GB/platter (2.5-inch) and 500 GB/platter (3.5-inch). They have however…
Read MoreOCZ and Indilinx develop firmware to solve SSD Garbage problem
Solid State Drives are pretty much guaranteed to take over Hard Drives in the future. At the moment they are establishing their popularity with the enthusiast market but eventually they will become mainstream with consumers. This is mainly due to their low noise, low power consumption, blisteringly fast read times and increasingly fast write times.…
Read MoreHitachi Launches First 2TB 7,200RPM HDD
You can never have to much storage when it comes to computers. With more and more people using their computers to store vast amounts of media the need for data storage is constantly increasing. Hitachi has finally launched the world’s first 7200RPM 2TB hard drive for the mass market. The 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 combines high…
Read MoreNvidia To Release Scaled Back ION LE
Fudzilla is reporting that Nvidia has introduced a lower-priced version of its ION chipset, which is branded as ION LE. Like the original ION, the LE is designed to boost the graphics performance of Atom CPUs by providing a faster alternative to Intel’s sluggish graphics chip. However, unlike the original ION, the ION LE will…
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