PQI officially announced high speed 226X Industrial CF Turbo+ card, 256GB SSD Turbo+, 32GB PCI-E SSD and 1.8” 32GB ZIF – SSD storage mediums. The high speed 226X Industrial CF card Turbo+ is available with a maximum capacity of 16GB and a transfer rate of 38MB/sec.
The popularity of flash drive hard drive has been increasing due to its shock proof, high stability and low power consumption properties. On the other hand, SSDs are still very expensive. But PQI expects SSD to become the hard drive of the future and believes that in 2008, SSD may replace up to 30% of traditional hard drive market.
PQI's 256GB SSD Turbo+ features transfer rates of up to 60MB/sec, PCI-E SSD is dedicated to notebooks in the form of a removable storage medium and 1.8” 32GB ZIF interface SSD is a rare but effective industrial storage option.
Fujitsu today announced that it has updated its line-up of hard disk drives (HDDs) for enterprise applications. The new product line includes 2.5'' drives running at 15,000 rpm which support the mainstream Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface and Serial ATA interface.
Supporting SAS and other traditional interfaces, the new line-up includes the MBB2 series of 2.5'' drives running at 10,000 rpm, as well as Fujitsu's first 2.5'' drives running at 15,000 rpm, the MBC2 series, and the MBA3 series of 3.5'' drives running at 15,000 rpm.
Fujitsu is also introducing the MHW2 BK series of 7,200 rpm 2.5'' drives that are SATA compatible and designed for 24-hour continuous operation.
Western Digital intros WD Scorpio, a 2,5" SATA hard drive for notebooks. It delivers low power consumption it is one of the quietest 2.5-inch drives on the market with real-time data protection technology to help keep your data safe, says the manufacturer. It features 250 GB os storage capacity, 5400 RPM spin speed and 12 ms access time. WD's ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks.
PQI has released its Traveling Disks H Series, including three models: U310H, U350H and U339H. They are all Windows Vista ReadyBoost and are available from 512MB to 4GB capacities. Webaroo offline browser comes built-in and allows the users to browse a website of their choice offline on a laptop, PDA or a smartphone.
Plextor announces the Serial-ATA PX-810SA DVD-RW drive from its PX-800 series. The drive incorporates multi-format (DVD+/-R & DVD-RAM) technology. DVD+/-R runs at 18x; DVD+/-R DL at 10x; DVD+RW at 8x; DVD-RW at 6x; DVD-RAM at 12x; DVD-ROM at 16x; CD-R at 40x; CD-RW at 32x and CD-ROM at 40x. It comes with PlexTools Professional LE, Nero Express 7 Essentials SE. PX-810SA will be available from early June. No word on price yet.
Plextor extends its range of personal storage with the announcement of the new portable 2.5" hard disk drive, with capacity of 160 GB. Small enough to fit in your pocket (only 17 mm thick and 200 g in weight), PX-PH16U2 has a brushed aluminium case and it's Mac and PC compatible. In addition, it has USB 2.0, 5400 RPM and features a password protection.
Thermaltake announced its Max4 2.5-inch eSATA and USB 2.0 interface external enclosure. The drive delivers up to 3Gb/s of bandwidth with eSATA and 480Mbp/s with USB2.0.. It features a brushed aluminum body for best thermal dissipation, AC Adapter, USB cable, eSATA cable and eSATA PCI adapter. It weighs 300g.
Hitachi began shipping to retailers the world’s first one-terabyte hard drive. The Serial-ATA 3.0Gb/s Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 has a 1070 Mb/s maximun media data rate, 8.5 ms average seek time, 7,200 RPM, 4.17 ms average latency and weights 700g. It has a suggested retail price of USD 399.
Transcend announces its 32 GB 2.5-inch IDE Solid State Drive (SSD), which is compatible with most mainstream PC and notebook computers. It has a tough outer metal case, low power consumption and anti-shock features. It is now available in 8 GB, 16 GB, and 32 GB memory capacities. Its thickness is only 7.4mm,and has built-in ECC (Error Correction Code).
Toshiba has launched a 200 GB 2.5-inch USB 2.0 portable external hard drive. Manufacturer claims it's the world's first 200 GB portable HD, which can store up to 57,000 digital photos; 52,000 MP3 music files; 88 DVD videos or 23 high-definition videos. This HD also features a shock mount system. It supports both Windows and Mac OS. The accompanied 4-foot USB cable enables users easily plug in the hard drive to any laptop or desktop PC, while USB Hi-Speed Certification allows for use of the drive in any USB port configuration. Price: USD 229.99.
