SanDisk on Thursday took the latest swing in its memory match against Samsung with the introduction of a 32 GB, 1.8-inch solid state drive drop-in replacement for the standard mechanical hard disk drive.
SanDisk’s latest NAND flash-based SSD counters Samsung’s Wednesday announcement that promised 16 GB memory and advanced 50-nanometer process technology.
SanDisk and Samsung are battling for coveted NAND flash memory technology placements in a laptop computer market that posted 29 percent growth in 2006, according to the research firm DisplaySearch.
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January 6th, 2007
Hitachi on Friday announced a pair of 1 terabyte (TB) hard drives and a new software technology targeted at digital video recording (DVR) applications. The one-two disk drive punch aims to tap into what the company sees as users’ insatiable desire for storage.
Hitachi’s Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive targets consumers who want to create, share and store their digital information — and lots of it. The Deskstar 7K1000 will begin shipping in the first quarter of 2007 and will cost US$399.
“With graphics, video and multimedia applications, you can really use as much memory as you can possibly get,” Rob Lineback, senior market research analyst at IC Insights told TechNewsWorld. “It’s sort of like moving into a bigger house. You think you have a lot of room, but you fill it up quickly. You just can’t get enough storage for those applications.”
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January 6th, 2007
