Archive for the 'storage' Category
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
The compact, Linux-powered Pogoplug device has just gained a $29 WiFi adapter companion, which enables it to work wirelessly. The new Pogoplug Wireless Adapter appears to be a standard USB 802.11 b/g/n WiFi adapter of undisclosed origin and chipset, and works with all current Pogoplugs.
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
You’ve heard of SD, miniSD, and microSD cards. Now, get ready for Embedded SD — a new standard set for release this November by the SD Card Association.
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Researchers at the University of Glasgow say they have created a molecule-sized switch that offers vast increases in solid-state storage for devices such as MP3 players. The “breakthrough” molecule-sized switch can theoretically increase the number of transistors per chip from today’s limit of around 200 million to “well over a billion,” the team claims.
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
Intel and Micron Technology have unveiled a high-speed NAND flash memory technology claimed to offer up to five times the performance of conventional flash memory. The new high-speed flash reportedly can achieve read and write speeds of 200MB/sec and 100MB/sec, respectively.
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Flash filesystem (FFS) specialist Datalight Inc. will soon release a commercial Linux FFS claimed to provide 400 percent faster write performance and 500 percent faster mount speed compared to JFFS2. The new FFS will target Linux-based mobile phones, set-top boxes, and other embedded devices.
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Intel has just unveiled a tiny solid-state disk (SSD) that it says is “smaller than a penny and [weighs] less than a drop of water.” The Z-P140 SSD uses a parallel-ATA (PATA) interface and targets handhelds, digital entertainment devices, and embedded systems.
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
Google’s upcoming online data storage service, aka “Gdrive,” could generate more profit than real hard drives from the likes of Seagate, one market analyst speculates.
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