LSI Delivers Achieves 4.0GHz Data Rates for Enterprise Hard Disk Drives

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — DISKCON USA — LSI Corporation (NYSE:LSI) today announced that it has extended the industry’s broadest portfolio of system-on-a-chip (SoC) components for hard disk drives (HDDs) with the introduction of new read channel and physical layer (PHY) technologies Read more

Thermaltake BlacX eSATA: Hard drive access via USB 2.0

What do you do when you want access to an internal hard drive but from the outside of a desktop computer? This is the Thermaltake BlacX eSATA, which comes with a USB 2.0 dock.

The Thermaltake BlacX just brings what you need and not many products we have seen in the last two years even compare to the value and convenience that this one gives Read more

Toshiba Dynabook SS RX1: first laptop to get 128GB SSD

If reports are right then the Toshiba Dynabook SS RX1 could become the first laptop to get the 128GB SSD. This solid state drive will be built into the laptop and will come as an optional extra.

The Toshiba Dynabook SS RX1 has a 12.1-inch screen and uses an Intel 1.2 GHz Core 2 Duo processor. The laptop also uses an Intel graphics card, so if you are a gamer then steer clear. Toshiba have made a bold claim about their battery life, they reckon it will last for 12.5 hours. A lot of this has to do with the SSD, so this has to be the best thing in computer hardware technology for some time.

Source - Gizmodo

Intel to bring SSD drives to the consumer: 80 and 160GB by Q2

One of the biggest advancements when it comes to computer storage has to be the SSD drives; the likes of Samsung, SanDisk and Toshiba dominate the market. Well it now seems that Intel what a piece of the action and plan to bring the solid-state drives to the consumer.

Intel hopes to bring 80 to 160GB SSDs in Q2 and 128GB in Q3. Intel knows how popular this SSD Drives will become as we demand battery times from our laptops, and this is the answer.

Source - Cnet

My Passport USB Device from WD

My Passport Essential Portable USB Devices are being continually updated by WD and have been redesigned to compliment WD’s popular My Book, external drives.

These new devices have a sleek design Read more