The storage industry has undoubtedly undergone a fascinating evolution this year. We have seen the 250 GB notebook hard drive hit the shelves, as well as we have witnessed the first 3.5'' one terabyte hard disk drive. Most of all, the new technology is already mass-produced, with affordable prices for the c...
Fujitsu has just reported their 2.5-inch hard drive to deliver a maximum storage capacity of 320 GB. The MHZ2 BH line is designed for use in notebooks and compact desktop PCs, as well as for other consumer electronic devices, such as HDD camera recorders or television sets.The MHZ2 BH has become a reference point in...
Storage solutions provider Hitachi Data Systems has announced the availability of two new network attached storage (NAS) solutions focused towards go mid-market: NAS Platform 2000 and the NAS Platform 2000 Nearline to integrate with the existing NAS 2100 and 2200 models.The new storage framework integrates advanced s...
Samsung have just unveiled their high capacity 2.5-inch hard disk drive in the Spinpoint M6 series. The new line of 2.5-inch hard disk drives offers a storage capacity of 320GB and addresses the notebook market. The Spinpoint M6 HM320JI uses a SATA interface for notebook, slim PC and blade server connectivity. The ha...
Hitachi, Japan's biggest electronics conglomerate, is rumored to think of selling its hard-disk manufacturing units. Recent news emerging from the hard-disk manufacturer says that Hitachi is currently in talks with U.S. private equity firm Silver Lake about the possibility of selling it a stake in its hard drive...
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has agreed with Hitachi to exchange technology licenses to include their hard-disk drive patents. The deal has been filled with the Korean Exchange, and the agreement with Hitachi covers technology patented by both Hitachi and IBM (as the Japanese electronics conglomerate bo...
Japanese storage solution provider Hitachi Global Storage has officially shut down production of 1-inch hard drives, and considers to terminate the 1.8-inch hard drives line as well. The miniature hard-disks were used in digital music players and video cameras, and lost a considerable amount of market with the adven...
The Japanese storage expert Hitachi is full of surprises at this time of the year. After a series of reports claiming that things are far from normal with its storage business, the company has announced a new 500GB 2.5-inch hard drive.The TravelStar disk comes in two flavors: the standard 5K500 is designed for lapto...
Samsung has unveiled a new line of storage products, the F1 RAID Class 3.5" SATA hard drive, with a total capacity of 1 TB. The new product offers world's highest recording density and uses three platters only. The disk spins at 7,200 rotations per minute and is designed for enterprise storage or surveillance a...
Asustek has announced great plans for its laptop business this year. The company has decided to bring the big guns in and wants to make sure that this year's Consumer Electronics Show will be remembered. The Taiwanese company is determined to unveil the praised Eee PC to feature WiMax and a 8.9-inch display, as ...