Along with the long-awaited iPad Mini announcement today,Apple revealed what it called its Fusion Drive,which combines the high performance of NAND flash memory with the storage capacity of a hard disk drive(HDD). The Fusion Drive will be ...
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Texas Instruments has reduced the entry price for ARM Cortex-M4F microcontroller design with its Stellaris LM4F120 LaunchPad evaluation kit,costing$5. With integrated analogue and floating point capabilties,the MCU will be used for ...
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Based on a low-power Renesas RL78/I1a microcontroller, the DALI Demo Kit uses a wireless mesh network for SSL control and will be available from Virtual Extension in Q4. Renesas Electronics Europe and Virtual Extension are showcasing a ...
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The transparent electronics that were pioneered at Oregon State University may find one of their newest applications as a next-generation replacement for some uses of non-volatile flash memory,a multi-billion dollar technology nearing its ...
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The new 7-in.Kindle Fire HD tablet by Amazon,starting at$199,scored a 7 out of 10 rating from iFixit for its repairability by do-it-yourselfers. The main reason iFixit didn't give the Kindle Fire HD a higher rating--a 10 indicates repairs ...
Six weeks after Toshiba announced it was cutting production of NAND flash by 30%(on July 24th),and five weeks after Samsung and Hynix said they would cut flash production by 10%(on Aug 7th),OCZ Technology,which makes SSDs,says it can't get ...
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IBM's latest mainframe,the zEnterprise EC12,is big on data analytics and hybrid clouds. This system,announced Tuesday,includes a new 5.5-GHz,six-core processor,versus the 5.2-GHz,quad-core processor that shipped with the zEnterprise ...
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TSMC will lead the foundry pack by a massive 4x margin over No.2 GloFo, says IC Insights. The top ten players in 2012 will be, says IC Insights: $bn TSMC 16.7 GloFo 4.3 ...
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Computer giant IBM has acquired high-performance Flash memory maker Texas Memory Systems (TMS) for an undisclosed sum. The Houston, Texas-based company employs about 100 staff and has been developing solid-state disk accelerator ...
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To augment its line of storage and data center systems with solid state technology,IBM is acquiring flash memory system provider Texas Memory Systems(TMS).Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. IBM plans to incorporate TMS ...
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IDG News Service - Violin Memory plans to add deduplication, thin provisioning, snapshots and other features in a software update for its all-flash storage arrays, in a bid to match some key features that enterprises are used to getting in ...
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Computerworld - today announced a new solid-state drive (SSD) targeted at users who want to upgrade older computer systems with a flash drive that boasts a price well under $1 per gigabyte of capacity. Crucial's new v4 SSD, which is ...
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IDG News Service-Toshiba announced a reduction in its production of NAND flash memory,which go into smartphones,tablets and storage devices,by about 30%from Tuesday,to cope with oversupply conditions in the market. The market for NAND ...
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Toshiba said Thursday it will reorganize its TV business in Japan, merging product designers with those for computers and tablets in attempt to create "fusion products" and simplify its product lines. The company said it will also move ...
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Toshiba is to expand its foreign R&D facilities by 750 people by the end of March 2014. Their main role will be in software development for social infrastructure and product development for emerging economies,and to support Toshiba's ...