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Intel Ships Enterprise-Class Solid-State Drives

Intel Ships Enterprise-Class Solid-State Drives

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created Oct 16, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (20) | comments 3

Intel Corp. has begun shipping its highest- performing solid-state drive (SSD), the Intel X-25E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drive, aimed at server, workstation and storage systems. Unlike mechanical drives, the ...


100+ Million Pixel CCD Image Sensor

DALSA Semiconductor Delivers World’s First 100+ Million Pixel CCD Image Sensor

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created Jun 20, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (22) | comments 0

DALSA Semiconductor, a division of DALSA Corporation, announced that it has successfully fabricated and delivered the world’s highest resolution image sensor chip to its customer, Semiconductor Technology Associates ...


IBM Triples Performance of World's Fastest Supercomputer

IBM Triples Performance of World's Fastest Supercomputer

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created Jun 27, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 0

IBM’s newest supercomputer, Blue Gene/P, is nearly three times as fast as its predecessor and is designed to fit in smaller spaces and use less electricity than other commercially available models.


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HP Breaks the 24-hour Battery Life Barrier

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created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (24) | comments 1

HP today announced an unprecedented milestone in mobile computing: up to 24 hours of continuous notebook operation on a single battery charge.


Philips Research reveals ultra-thin backlight technology for TVs

Philips Research reveals ultra-thin backlight technology for TVs

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created Aug 28, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 1

In the Future Zone of this year’s IFA trade fair in Berlin, Philips Research will demonstrate its thinnest 32’’ liquid crystal display (LCD) prototype on show. With a 1mm light guide, Philips Research has ...


Samsung Develops 7-inch WVGA, Single-Chip LCD for Mobile Devices

Samsung Develops 7-inch WVGA, Single-Chip LCD for Mobile Devices

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created May 02, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the industry's first amorphous silicon (a-Si) seven-inch, single-chip TFT-LCD panel that reproduces colors in high resolution (WVGA-level, 800×480 pixels).


IBM Unleashes World's Fastest Chip in Powerful New Computer

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created May 21, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 0

IBM today simultaneously launched the fastest microprocessor ever built and an ultra-powerful new computer server that leverages the chip’s many breakthroughs in energy conservation and virtualization technology. The new ...


Samsung 4GB solid state disk

Samsung 4 GB solid state disk to eliminate hard drive delays in Windows Vista-powered PCs

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created Jul 26, 2006 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (23) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics today announced that a 4GB solid state disk (SSD), now being readied for production, will also serve as a high speed NAND flash cache for notebooks and PCs in conjunction with the Microsoft ...


IBM Rolls Out New Mainframe

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created Feb 26, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 0

IBM today announced the System z10 mainframe to help clients create a new enterprise data center. The system z10 is designed from the ground up to help dramatically increase data center efficiency by significantly improving ...


SanDisk Launches 32-Gigabyte Solid State Drive Targeting Hard Disk Replacement In Notebook Computers

SanDisk Launches 32-Gigabyte Solid State Drive Targeting Hard Disk Replacement In Notebook Computers

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created Jan 04, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 0

SanDisk Corporation today introduced a 32-gigabyte (GB), 1.8-inch solid state drive (SSD) as a drop-in replacement for the standard mechanical hard disk drive. Initially aimed at enterprise users as the first ...


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Fujitsu develops world's fastest processor

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created May 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (22) | comments 7

(AP) -- Japanese computer maker Fujitsu Ltd. said Wednesday that it has successfully developed the world's fastest supercomputer processing unit with more than twice the speed of the current leader.


1 million trillion 'flops' per second targeted by new Institute for Advanced Architectures

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created Feb 21, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (20) | comments 1

Preparing groundwork for an exascale computer is the mission of the new Institute for Advanced Architectures, launched jointly at Sandia and Oak Ridge national laboratories.


ORNL Jaguar supercomputer surpasses 50 teraflops

ORNL Jaguar supercomputer surpasses 50 teraflops

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created Aug 25, 2006 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (35) | comments 0

An upgrade to the Cray XT3 supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the most powerful supercomputer available for general scientific research in the United States, has increased the system's computing ...


Super Talent 128Gb SSD

Super Talent Introduces a 128Gb SSD for Under $300

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created Sep 30, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (25) | comments 3

If you have been waiting for the price of Solid State Drives (SSD) to come down in price, the time has finally come. Super Talent has introduced their 128Gb, 2.5-inch, SATA II "MasterDrive LX" for the affordable ...


Intel Introduces Solid-State Drives for Notebook and Desktop Computers

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created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 3

Intel Corporation announced today it has begun shipping Intel X18-M and X25-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drives (SSDs) based on multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash technology for laptop and desktop computers. The new high-performing ...