Iomega Corporation, an EMC company and a leading innovator in digital storage and protection solutions for consumers and small and medium businesses, today announced new host-powered Iomega External USB 3.0 SSD Flash Drives, rugged solid state drives utilizing the blazing fast speed of the USB 3.0 interface and the security of built-in encryption – the [...]
When Intel first introduced their Atom line of processors, they told us it was aimed at smaller, so-called MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices). Soon after that, Asus released the first netbook, and a new category of computers was born. But they weren’t really MIDs. In fact, the term MID hasn’t really caught on, and there are [...]
Advanced Micro Devices plans to introduce its new 9-series chipsets that will support the forthcoming code-named Zambezi processors featuring Bulldozer micro-architecture as well as input/output memory management unit (IOMMU) in the second quarter of 2011. The new breed of chipsets will be a part of AMD Scorpius enthusiast desktop platform. Although there will be several [...]
Sony Optiarc’s new portable Blu-ray drive is fast: it can burn single layer discs at 6x speed and dual layer ones at 4x. That means you could burn 25GB in the time it takes to watch an episode of Fraiser. In addition to your average DVD and CD media, the BDX-S500u can also playback any [...]
It’s coming up on a year since we published our last memory review; possibly the longest hiatus this section of the site has ever seen. To be honest, the reason we’ve refrained from posting much of anything is because things haven’t changed all that much over the last year – barring a necessary shift towards low-voltage oriented ICs [...]
ASUS’ Republic of Gamers range is soon to have a new member, in the shape of the ASUS Rampage III Formula. Using the X58 chipset, this board is designed for looks, uncompromised performance, overclocking, and the best possible online gaming experience with the new SupremeFX X-Fi 2 audio solution. However, based on our recent high-end [...]
It looks as though Intel is planning to take a 32nm-sized shot at ARM next year, when it releases its next generation Medfield” Atom CPUs for the smartphone market. InfoWorld spotted a juicy document on Intel’s website yesterday, which outlined a few details about the new chip. Unsurprisingly, Intel’s internal police force has already intercepted [...]
Seagate has unveiled a new centralized wireless home storage and backup addition to its FreeAgent GoFlex hard drive solutions. The single-drive GoFlex Home storage system is said to benefit from easy setup and use, the ability to connect and wirelessly share USB printers or other devices, remote file access and a modular approach to higher [...]
PNY Technologies has just announced the European introduction of its second-generation solid state drives, the 2.5-inch Optima series which are equipped with a JMicron controller and MLC (multi-level cell) NAND Flash memory chips. PNY’s SSDs have both SATA 3.0 Gbps and USB 2.0 connectivity, a nice, aluminum casing, 64MB of buffer, TRIM support, and can [...]
Today is what OCZ calls the ‘unveiling’ of their new 4GB DDR3-2133 MHz memory modules, running at 1.65V. Along with the unveiling, OCZ are extending the modules into 8GB dual channel kits and 12GB triple channel kits, up to 2133 MHz. The Platinum Series will aim to cater gamers and high density users, whereas overclockers [...]
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