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Toshiba to start making SSDs

Toshiba, the world's no. 2 maker of NAND-type flash memory, will start building flash-based solid-state drives SSDs for notebooks to create new sources of demands for its flash memory chips. Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest memory chip maker, and SanDisk (Toshiba's partner) already make SSDs. In fact, Micron Technology...

Tags: Toshiba Corp., Flash Memory, SSD, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-12-10

Fujitsu's power efficient mobile hard drive and Micron's plans for SSD

Fujitsu announced that its power efficient 2.5-inch SATA mobile HDD with 320 GB capacity will be available by February next year. Also, Micron technologies will be introducing its line of Solid State Drives by mid-2008. Fujitsu's power efficient mobile hard disk An excerpt from...

Tags: Hard Drive, Micron Technology Inc., Mobile, Fujitsu Ltd., SSD, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware, Arun Radhakrishnan

Blog posts 2007-11-29

Solid state drive storage: Good for the enterprise?

RevolutionSSD is in use in form of Flash pen drives. But when it had increased capacity it can be deployed in Laptops making them really robust, probably lighter and reliable also. This is indeed going to last. No Moving part !!Not to mention the endurance factor.I read an article a...

Tags: anurag.agarwal@..., SSD, storage, Solid State Drive

Discussion threads 2007-07-09

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HP lays claim to first business desktop with SSD option

Hewlett-Packard is claiming that its dc7800 line of ultra-slim desktops is the industry's first business desktop to include an SSD option. You have the option of adding a 16 GB SSD from SanDisk or sticking with the standard 80 GB SATA option. This desktop...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Option, Desktops, Hardware, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2008-01-25

SanDisk SSD: A More Reliable Alternative to the Laptop HDD

In contrast, durability is at the top of the list of SanDisk SSD benefits. With no spinning disks or read/write head arms that must move over these disks to locate files, the SSD is immune from the most common HDD failure, a head crash, which can lead to partial and...

Tags: Hard Drive, SanDisk Corp., Laptop Computer

White papers 2007-05-31

Datacenter SSDs: Solid Footing for Growth

This paper explores the opportunity for integrating Solid State Drives SSDs into the enterprise storage environment. Datacenter challenges are highlighted and compared with the commensurate benefits of SSDs. The forecast for SSD integration into datacenters is delineated. Finally, challenges that SSD OEMs must address before successfully engaging the datacenter are...

Tags: Data Center, Solid State Disk, International Data Group, Datacenter Challenge, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2008-01-01

Printer Compability with Maxtor Shared Storage Drive

Hi,I try to connect my hp photosmart 7100 series with my Maxtor Shared Storage Drive SSD. When running the configuration software it appears as a printing device in the system status window. But if I want to connect/install it it doesn't appear in the in \SSDprinters and fax.Is it possible...

Tags: Printers, storage, hartmut.vogt@..., Maxtor Shared Storage, Maxtor Corp., printer

Discussion threads 2007-11-03

Service Selection Gateway

Service Selection Gateway SSG is a switching solution for service providers who offer intranet, extranet, and Internet connections to subscribers using broadband access technology such as Digital Subscriber Lines DSL, cable modems, or wireless to allow simultaneous access to network services. SSG works in conjunction with the Cisco Service Selection...

Tags: Gateway Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Service Selection Gateway

White papers 2007-11-18

Sun to offer solid state drives as an option

Sun is predicting that flash is poised to be the next big thing where servers are concerned. Despite the considerably higher cost of solid state drives SSD, Sun is arguing that they are really cheaper for high-performance I/O intensive applications. As such, it will be releasing a 32GB flash...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Solid State Disk, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2008-06-06

Super Talent to bundle free Ubuntu OS and OpenOffice with every MasterDrive SSD

Flash storage maker Super Talent will bundle Ubuntu Desktop Editon and OpenOffice with each MasterDrive solid state drive it sells July 1 through September 30, 2008. by Selena Frye

Tags: Talent, Ubuntu, OpenOffice, Financial, Operating System, Jack Wallen, Linux, Financial Accounting, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Selena Frye

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Evaluating the SSD Total Cost of Ownership

This paper explores the benefits of Solid State Drives SSDs and how they impact the Total Cost of Ownership TCO within the mobile PC environment. The technology factors that make SSDs a viable and beneficial option are discussed in this context. The metrics used in this TCO analysis are associated...

Tags: TCO, International Data Group, Roi/Tco, Storage, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware

White papers 2007-11-01

Oracle RAC & Grid Tuning with Solid State Disk, A Review - Part 1

Oracle RAC & Grid Tuning with Solid State Disk, sub-titled: Expert Secrets for High Performance Clustered Grid Computing is a pretty specific book covering RAC and how it can make the most of Solid State Disk SSD. The goal of...This post originally appeared on an external website

Tags: Oracle Real Application Cluster, Grid Tuning, Solid State Disk, Oracle Corp.

Blog posts 2005-11-08

Solid state drive storage: Good for the enterprise?

Over the years, the good old magnetic platter has undergone many changes that have made hard drives a commodity and drastically driven down the cost of storage. Today, storage costs anywhere from about 30 cents per GB for SATA drives to $3 per GB for enterprise-grade SAS drives. Of course,...

Tags: storage, solid state drives, mobile computing, disaster recovery

Blog posts 2007-07-03

The Dutch City of Almere Transforms the Way It Works to Improve Social Services and Cut Costs

Netherlands Social Services Department needed to improve the management of un-employment benefits-related budget and transform from a department-oriented to a process-based entrepreneurial culture. The challenge was to place the unemployed in jobs and ensure long-term employment. SSD transformed the department's approach to processes, organization, and technology. It implemented an information...

Tags: Department, Cisco Systems Inc., Entrepreneurship, Management

Case studies 2006-10-01

Bringing Solid State Drive Benefits to Computer Notebook Users

The benefits of flash are now becoming available to a new group of consumer electronics customers, computer notebook users. As a drop-in replacement for the traditional mechanical Hard Disk Drive HDD, the flash-based Solid State Drive SSD can be used inside thin and light laptops, ultra-portable, Ultra-Mobile PCs UMPCs and...

Tags: Solid State Disk, Computer, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Productivity, Notebooks, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies

White papers 2007-04-01

Pop quiz answers: Solid-state drives

As of grading time, nearly 500 people had taken our solid-state drives quiz. If you haven't had a chance to take the quiz, I encourage you to try your luck, before reading the answers below. Now, on to the answers! No moving parts The...

Tags: SDRAM, NAND Flash, Hard Drive, Correct, Quiz, NAND, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Bill Detwiler

Blog posts 2008-05-30

Pop quiz: Solid-state drives

Although solid-state drives SSDs have been in limited use since the 1990s, they are rapidly gaining ground in the laptop market--Apple offers a 64GB SSD in the MacBook Air. As SSDs fall in price and grow in capacity, they may eventually overtake the venerable hard disk as the data storage...

Tags: Knowledge, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Storage, Storage Management, Strategy, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Bill Detwiler

Blog posts 2008-05-14

A Fast Downsizing Video Transcoder for H.264/AVC With Rate-Distortion Optimal Mode Decision

This paper focuses on the mode decision and motion selection problem when H.264/AVC video streams are transcoded in spatial resolution. A fast downsizing transcoding scheme is developed in which a new Rate-Distortion (R-D) optimal mode decision mechanism presented for high speed transcoding as well as high coding efficiency. A model...

Tags: Downsizing, IEEE, Mode Decision, Workforce Management, Human Resources

White papers 2006-06-05

MxCalc SE (Smartphone) (zip)

MxCalc SE is a decisive calculator performing all complex calculations & featuring the most comprehensive converter available for PocketPC. It comes with a Unit Converter, Scientific Evaluator, Financial Calculator, Statistics calculator, Matrix Calculator, Equation Solver, Loan, and Amortization Calculator, Base Conversions, Date/Time Calculator and Currency Converter with daily updates. Features...

Tags: Function, Smartphone, MxCalc SE, Unit Converter Utility, Pocket PC, Financial Accounting, Manufacturing, Handhelds, Hardware, Finance

Software downloads 2007-11-13

micro notebooks-- good bad or just a fad

I just got an Asus eee 701: 4 GB SSD a 7" screen and a Linux OS. Weighs less than 2 lbs and fits in a large coat pocket. Supposed to be droppable. Runs right out of the box It was $400 list price but it is new at...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, notebook, cavlosnap@...

Discussion threads 2007-11-11