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Hitachi CinemaStar 2.5-inch hard disks: more thin and efficient for multimedia devices
One of the priorities of the industry right now is energy efficiency in all products, and hard drives are no exception. HGST (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies), now part of Western Digital, well aware of your business has just launched a new line of 2.5-inch hard drives whose main novelty is a fairly significant cut in electricity consumption, along with a new slim format and capacity to suit all tastes.
Hitachi introduces its new line of CinemaStar 2.5-inch hard drives for small form factor media PC and AV devices. The new family includes the 7mm z-height Z7K500 and Z5K500, and the budget-friendly C5K1000. All these CinemaStar hard drives feature the SmoothStream technology for efficient...
Intel 330 Series 60 GB: The SSD of the moment?
The first quarter of 2012 was an opportunity for Intel to renew several of its SSD series with the recent launch of the 330 Series.
The 330 Series are designed to provide high throughput and aggressive pricing. Addressed to the general public, this range has three versions with capacities of 60, 120 and 180 GB. Intel uses MLC NAND Flash 25 nm memory and an SF-2281 controller that supports SATA 6 Gb/s.
For a 60 GB SSD, of limited number of chips, the performance is quite good, even excellent on reading. With SandForce controller and synchronous chips, the 330 Series is showing off its best. By cons, when it comes to writing and specifically incompressible data, performance is actually worse...
New 1TB Solid State Disks by KingMax and OCZ
KingMax has just launched in Japan only for now, what could allow a SSD to storage. Indeed, this 2.5″ module with just 7 mm thick, offers no less than 1 TB of free space.
We do not know which memory is used, it is, at least, MLC type. The controller is also unknown, but it is the SATA II standard and can reach 250 MB/s read, 200 MB/s write and 20,000 IOPS write 4 KB and TRIM compatible.
It costs $1500.
After KingMax, this time OCZ launches also a 1 TB SSD, with a new variation to the Octane. A SATA III standard , the Octane runs a Indilinx Everest first generation controller, 512 MB cache and MLC chips engraved in 25 nm. It can rise above 460 MB/s read and 350 MB/s write, with...
Mach Xtreme MX-KATANA: Low-Profile SSD Modules
Mach Xtreme Technology catalog grows with the arrival of a new series of SSDs: the MX-Katana. Low-profile format, these modules are specifically designed for MacBook Air 2010 and 2011.
Based on an innovative design, the sleek gum stick-sized modules deliver an enhanced mobile computing experience with much faster application loading, ultra-fast data access, shorter boot-ups, and longer battery life...
Thecus N5550: a versatile NAS with HDMI media player
Thecus completed today its line of NAS for the general public and small businesses with a new five-bay model, the N5550, which bet in versatility.
All indications points that the new Thecus N5550 is a variant of the five-bay N2800 and N4800 launched in mid-January.
Like them, it does have audio outputs, VGA, but more important HDMI that works as a media player for living room once connected to your...
Silicon Power Velox V60 Solid State Disks
Silicon Power presented yesterday the Velox V60, a 2.5” consumer SSD that joins aesthetic and performance.
These SSDs feature a brushed aluminum metal body with metallic gray finish, a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, the latest SandForce controller, NCQ and TRIM support and can deliver read and write speeds of up to 550MB/s and 500MB/s, respectively. The V60 SSD is available in 60GB, 120GB, 240GB and...
ADATA XPG SX900 Solid State Drive
ADATA™ Technology known for its high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash storage solutions, recently proposed a new SSD by the name XPG SX900.
ADATA adds the SX900 solid state drive to its XPG (Xtreme Performance Gear) lineup. The high-performance SSD utilizes SandForce 2281 SSD controller and SATA 6Gbps interface, offering up to 550MB/s read and 530MB/s write speeds, with maximum random 4k...
Intel officially launched its Intel 330 series SSD
Intel has officially launched its new Intel 330 series SSD (2.5″/9mm), which offer competitive prices and the power of a SandForce SF-2281 controller. The new drives are offered in capacities of 60 GB, 120 GB and 180 GB priced at $89, $149 and $ 243 respectively.
The Intel 330 series units use NAND Flash manufactured in 25nm, a SF-2281 controller, SATA 6.0 Gbps, with read/write rates of 500/450...
