ARM gathers momentum with Gigabyte server launch
Gigabyte has announced that it will launch server solutions based on ARM processors from AppliedMicro and Annapurna Labs. Last year the company used the Computex expo to announce its intention to use...
View ArticleUpdated: Top 9 best internal desktop and laptop hard disk drives
Introduction and drives 1-4 What’s the best hard drive you can buy? Your hard drive is out of date if its capacity is measured in Gigabytes. Even a Terabyte of space can seem cramped when you’re...
View ArticleBuying Guide: 10 best external hard drives 2015
Best hard drives More and more people are opting for an external hard drive to upgrade their lapotop’s storage capacity. While solid state drives (SSDs) remain relatively expensive for the amount of...
View ArticleOpinion: How Toshiba’s new storage device could change the data centre
Poor hard disk drive; advances in silicon manufacturing have allowed solid state drives to capture the headlines leaving the traditional spindle-spinning devices in the shadows. But things are about...
View ArticleSanDisk wants to kill hard drives with low cost SSD
SanDisk promises an even more affordable solid state drive with its newly unveiled Z400s. With capacities ranging from 32GB to 256GB, SanDisk claims that the Z400s brings all the benefits of solid...
View ArticleSamsung’s 4TB portable hard drives fit in your pocket, can store 150 Blu-rays
Samsung HDD, which is owned by Seagate, has unveiled two new external hard disk drives, the M3 Portable and the P3 portable that are the first 4TB hard disk drives in a 2.5-inch form factor. Both of...
View ArticleSeagate’s 4TB hard drive fits in your hand, stores 800 DVDs
Just days after its subsidiary launched a 4TB external hard disk drive that is powered by USB, Seagate unveiled its own. Samsung HDD was the first to come out with these high capacity drives, the M3...
View ArticleSamsung paves way for higher capacity SSDs
Manufacturing for 256-gigabit 3D Vertical NAND flash memory has begun, Samsung announced. The memory is based on 48 layers of 3-bit multi-level-cell arrays. The higher density memory paves way to even...
View ArticleFacing 100 years of solitude? Samsung has a drive for that
If money is no issue and you want to get the largest storage drive known to man, then Samsung might have just the solution. Hot on the track of its recent announcement of a 48-layer,256Gb V-NAND...
View ArticleBoost your PC’s performance with these new Toshiba SSDs and HDDs
Toshiba unveiled a slew of new devices designed to help you improve your computer’s performance and storage capacity. The new products include two new internal solid-state drives (SSD) and four new...
View ArticleSeagate closes up careless flaws in its wireless hard drives
Security researchers have found several flaws in Seagate’s revolutionary wireless hard drives that open the doors to hackers. First reported by The Register, the range of wireless hard drives contain...
View ArticleSony’s new RAIDs offer speedy transfer rates for 4K content
If you’re hoping to transfer demanding loads of data quicker, Sony has a new lineup of RAID products designed for you. Small businesses and video production professionals will be particularly excited...
View ArticleSamsung boosts 850 Pro drive capacities
At the Samsung SSD Global Summit 2015, Samsung announced that it will double the storage capacity of its 850 Pro and EVO drives. The new 850 Pro and EVO drives will be available in up to 4TB capacity,...
View ArticleHGST Ultrastar HDD is a 10TB helium monster, aims to cope with data overload
Western Digital has announced the shipping of the new HGST Ultrastar He10, which is the world’s first ever 10TB PMR (perpendicular magnetic recording) hard disk drive. This is WDC’s third-gen helium...
View ArticleOfficial! Dear hard drive, we still love you
The past few years have seen an exponential rise in storage demands, a thirst fuelled on one hand by the meteoric growth in smartphone adoption and on the other, by the growing number of companies...
View ArticleCES 2016: Toshiba’s new USB-C drives will provide your new tablet with more...
Toshiba is targeting mobile users with new external hard drives and flash drives at CES 2016 that utilize the new USB Type-C, also known as USB-C, connector. The new Canvio Premium portable hard disk...
View ArticleWhich hard disk is best? Here are some pointers
Backblaze uses a hell of a lot of hard drives for its cloud backup and storage services, and every year (since 2014) the firm produces a report on what it has found to be the most (and least) reliable...
View Article"Eternal" 5D Quartz media could be the distant successor of Blu-ray
The news made the headlines a few days ago: a team of scientists at the University of Southampton managed to produce a support, 5D or Superman memory crystal, that has a shelf-life of nearly 14...
View ArticleHuge 18TB hard drives will soon be here
Helium-using hard disks will push storage capacities up to the 18TB mark in just a couple of years, according to a new report. Storage research firm TrendFocus reckons that drive manufacturers will be...
View ArticleHGST top for hard drive reliability after 1 billion hours of testing
Some hard disks are more reliable than others, and a new report has cast further light on which drives are less likely to fail. Backblaze produces regular reports on hard disk reliability and the...
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