OCZ has announced that its Deneva 2 mSATA SSDs, the 30GB and 60GB models, are now certified by Intel as passing the "White Using" portion of the Smart Response Technology performance benchmark test for ultrabooks. These high performance drives feature faster boot-up and data transfer speeds on a small footprint that's well suited for the myriad of ultrabooks we can be sure to expect this year.
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OCZ Deneva 2 mSATA SSDs now Intel approved for ultrabooks
VIA debuts new low-power USB 3.0 to SATA bridge controller
VIA has announced that it has received certification for its new USB 3.0 integrated bridge controller called the VL701. The VL701 is a low-power USB 3.0 to SATA Bridge Controller that is certified by the USB-IF and uses strict power-consumption criteria for bus-powered devices. The USB-IF certification procedure insures that the products are interoperable with USB devices and offers all the speed and capability the USB 3.0 has.
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Seagate Unveils Pulsar Line of Enterprise-Grade SSDs
Seagate Technology has just revealed a new lineup of performance-optimized solid-state drives (SSDs) for enterprise customers. The Pulsar.2 and the Pulsar XT.2 drives will use Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 6Gb/s interface. According to Seagate, the Pulsar.2 can
"automatically detect and correct a multitude of data errors than can occur during normal drive operations to deliver the highest levels of enterprise-class data integrity and endurance."
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OCZ Launches Vertex 3 and Vertex 3 Pro SATA SSDs
OCZ Technology Group announced today its next generation Vertex 3 SATA III SSD lineup. These will be for both client and enterprise applications. According to OCZ, the new series will deliver "double the performance of the previous generation." The release includes the Vertex 3 and the enterprise-class Vertex 3 Pro. See all the specs after the break.
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Western Digital’s Caviar Green 3TB Hard Drive is World’s Largest Capacity SATA Drive
Western Digital announced today that the company is beginning shipments of a brand new SATA hard drive. The new drive is already labeled as the world's biggest SATA hard drive, capacity wise. To add to the bullet points, though, WD decided to make the new hard drive part of their Caviar Green line-up of drives, making it an eco-friendly option for all those out there who think about that kind of stuff.
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LucidPort unveils new USB302 USB to SATA Bridge chip
A company called LucidPort has announced a new USB 3.0 to SATA bridge controller that claims to be the lowest power-consuming chip of its kind called the USB302. The chip supports USB Attached SCSI Protocol and claims to run 20 to 100% faster than USB 3.0 devices using legacy mass storage drivers.
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New Addonics CFast adapters add CFast cards to PCs
Addonics has announced a couple new ways to gets its CFast media integrated into your computer. The company has announced a couple new CFast adapters with one called the CFast HDD Adapter and the other called the SATA CFast adapter.
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VIA announces industry’s fastest USB 3.0 controller
Two main categories of news releases have been coming out of CES so far this year including USB 3.0 tech and 3D news. VIA has announced what it claims to be the industry's fastest USB 3.0 controller at CES adding its name to the list of new USB 3.0 gear announced at the show so far.
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Apricorn SATA Wire upgrade kit makes getting a new drive simple
There are probably lots of people out there who would like to add a new HDD or SSD to their notebook computer, but are worried about getting their data and OS onto a new drive. Apricorn has announced a new kit called the SATA Wire Upgrade kit that makes getting data onto your new drive easy.
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FirmTek now shipping SeriTek/2ME4-E Snow Leopard compatible eSATA host adapter
A company called FirmTek has announced that it is now shipping a new four-port eSATA host adapter that is compatible with the latest Apple Snow Leopard OS. The device works with both 32-bit and 64-bit modes in the OS and the device is backwards compatible with older versions of Mac OS X.
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mSATA connector promises smaller netbooks; Toshiba launch first mSATA SSDs
If there's one thing we're crying out for, it's another netbook connector standard. Happily the SATA-IO working group have delivered just that in the shape of mini-SATA (or mSATA), a new low-profile connector supporting 1.5Gb/s and 3.0Gb/s transfer rates but with a slightly smaller plug. To celebrate, Toshiba have outed two new mSATA SSDs, offer 30GB and 62GB capacity
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Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB SATA 6.0Gbps hard-drive is world’s first
Seagate have announced the world's first SATA 6Gbps hard-drive, the Barracuda XT, a huge chunk of 2TB capacity aimed at high-performance workstations. The Barracuda XT 2TB spins at 7,200rpm and is the first to feature the faster-speed SATA interface, though it's also backward compatible with SATA 3.0Gbps and 1.5Gbps.
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