Storage
OCZ & SandForce to launch 6Gb/s SSD
Most people already know that SSDs are the way to go if you require performance over storage. OCZ are now looking at making the performance gap between mechanical HDs and SSDs even greater with the introduction of a 6Gb/s SAS interface compared to the more usual 3Gb/s SATA interface. OCZ’s SandForce-based SSDs will be available…
Read MoreUSB Blu-Ray Drive
Asus is about to release an external Blu-Ray drove sometime this month. The SBC-04D1S-U has a single USB 2.0 output, no HDMI, no power, everything goes through the USB. The drive itself reads Blu-Rays up to 4.8X, burns DVD-R and CD-R at 8X. Asus say the drive has a "Turbo Engine for enhanced USB Connectivity".…
Read MoreWestern Digital 640GB 9.5mm Hard Drive For Notebooks
Keeping up with Toshiba, Western Digital have announced the release of their 9.5mm high 2.5" 640GB HDD. Unlike many large notebook HDDs the Western Digital is the industry standard 9mm which means it will always fit inside a laptop. For many other drives this size some modification needs to be completed before it will fit…
Read MoreIntel and Micron develop smallest, cheapest NAND flash yet
Intel and Micron have just announced the development of a new Multi Level Cell NAND Flash based on a 34nm fabrication process using three-bits-per-cell. The 2 companies say this will allow them to produce 32Gb chips smaller and cheaper than those currently available on the market. These developments are quite important for the penetration of…
Read MoreKingston 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…
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