http://www.physorg.com/electronics-news/hardware/ en-us PhysOrg.com provides the latest news on consumer electronic hardware, electronic gadgets, hardware and electronics. Demonstrating its commitment to delivering leading-edge technologies and solutions for enterprise-class servers and storage systems, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) today announced that its Ultrastar enterprise-class solid state drive (SSD) family is the industry’s first to use 25-nanometer (nm) single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash. The Ultrastar SSD400S.B family combines Hitachi’s proven enterprise hard disk drive (HDD) expertise with Intel’s extensive capabilities in developing high-endurance SLC NAND flash memory and advanced SSD technology. The drives also conform to the Trusted Computing Group’s Enterprise A Security Subsystem Class encryption specification, helping customers protect sensitive data, and reduce the costs associated with drive retirement and reuse. http://www.physorg.com/news247915433.html Electronics - Hardware Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:24:04 EST news247915433 Intel Corporation announced today its fastest, most robust client/consumer solid-state drive (SSD) to date, the Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series (Intel SSD 520), a 6 gigabit-per-second (gbps) SATA III SSD produced using Intel compute-quality 25-nanometer (nm) NAND memory process technology. Aimed at delivering world-class performance for even the most demanding PC enthusiasts, gamers, professionals or small-medium businesses (SMBs), the Intel SSD 520 has fast throughput performance, new security features and unmatched reliability to meet even the most intensive user requirements. http://www.physorg.com/news247825246.html Electronics - Hardware Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:21:51 EST news247825246 A new, 162-Teraflop peak supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is helping scientists do more complex, advanced research in areas such as energy storage and future power grid development. It also uses less energy than similar computers because of its unique water cooling system. http://www.physorg.com/news246039870.html Electronics - Hardware Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:40:02 EST news246039870 Samsung Electronics announced today that it is expanding the transparent display market with production of a 46-inch transparent LCD panel, beginning this month. http://www.physorg.com/news246007551.html Electronics - Hardware Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:26:23 EST news246007551 NVIDIA announced that Audi AG has selected the NVIDIA Tegra 3 mobile processor to power in-vehicle infotainment systems -- as well as new digital instrument clusters that replace traditional dashboard gauges -- across its full line of vehicles worldwide, beginning in 2013. http://www.physorg.com/news245670136.html Electronics - Hardware Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:30:01 EST news245670136 (PhysOrg.com) -- Qualcomm used the CES event in Las Vegas yesterday to showcase its Snapdragon S4 line of chips, expected to ship in devices later this year. A key highlight was the company’s demo of LTE-speed connectivity with the Snapdragon S4 chip on a tablet running Windows 8. The company’s keynote by its CEO Paul Jacobs set the tone that the overall goal is to have Qualcomm Snapdragon chips put the company on the map not just as smartphone chip makers primarily but as a brand that carries weight in tablets, notebooks and other computing devices. The Snapdragon line is promoted as enabling good wireless speeds and superior connectivity. http://www.physorg.com/news245508169.html Electronics - Hardware Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:43:12 EST news245508169 US chip titan Intel on Tuesday announced it will move into the booming smartphone market with a China debut of a handset made by Chinese computer powerhouse Lenovo. http://www.physorg.com/news245481368.html Electronics - Hardware Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:16:29 EST news245481368 Giving photo enthusiasts and professional photographers a new level of speed and performance, the new Sony XQD memory cards support the recently adopted XQD specification for high-speed, high-performance digital image capture. http://www.physorg.com/news245320422.html Electronics - Hardware Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:34:08 EST news245320422 ZiiLABS, a pioneering media processor and platforms company (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd), today unveiled its ground-breaking 100-core ZMS-40 StemCell Media processor optimized for Android. The ZMS-40 combines 96 of ZiiLABS' StemCell media processing cores with four 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A9 CPUs to deliver stunning multi-tasking application and media processing performance. http://www.physorg.com/news244971270.html Electronics - Hardware Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:35:38 EST news244971270 (PhysOrg.com) -- Techies flocking to this month’s CES in Las Vegas are growing curious over where and how the long awaited Intel “Medfield” system on a chip phones will be launched, but a report in The Korea Times offers more than a strong clue. According to the news report, LG Electronics will be the manufacturers to launch the first Android smartphone running on an Intel chip. The product may go on sale in March this year. http://www.physorg.com/news244748948.html Electronics - Hardware Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:50:19 EST news244748948 Intel today announced the availability of the latest mobile Intel Atom processor-based platform, formerly codenamed "Cedar Trail." Designed to provide small, compact, on-the-go computing with great battery life at an affordable price, the latest platform adds several new features to netbook computers made popular by students, families, and those looking for light productivity and Internet browsing. These devices will be available in early 2012 from major OEMs including: Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, and Toshiba. http://www.physorg.com/news244360746.html Electronics - Hardware Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:59:21 EST news244360746 (PhysOrg.com) -- A $25 computer targeted to help young people learn about computers beyond uploading pics and downloading documents is about to start volume-production in January. The Raspberry Pi project, a UK-based foundation, will place the computer by the same name, Raspberry Pi, on general sale. The principle behind the project is that students today may know how to create documents and presentations but far less about fundamental systems architecture and systems development. http://www.physorg.com/news243928492.html Electronics - Hardware Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:00:01 EST news243928492 Virginia Tech crashed the supercomputing arena in 2003 with System X, a machine that placed the university among the world's top computational research facilities. Now comes HokieSpeed, a new supercomputer that is up to 22 times faster and yet a quarter of the size of X, boasting a single-precision peak of 455 teraflops, or 455 trillion operations per second, and a double-precision peak of 240 teraflops, or 240 trillion operations per second. http://www.physorg.com/news243686290.html Electronics - Hardware Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:39:35 EST news243686290 For many, the hard drive is the hub of a digital life. It’s a workhorse in your Mac or PC. It’s a place where you edit video, store digital memories, watch home videos and movies, and save your most important files. It houses your operating system, programs and games, and can even help you protect all of your digital content. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies today announced the industry’s highest capacity 4TB storage solutions – the Deskstar 5K4000 Internal Hard Drive Kit and the Touro Desk External Hard Drive – to help store and protect your growing digital life. http://www.physorg.com/news242979888.html Electronics - Hardware Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:25:07 EST news242979888 Seagate is now shipping the second generation of Momentus XT, its groundbreaking solid state hybrid drive for consumer and commercial laptops and the company’s fastest drive ever for personal computers. With a simple drive upgrade, users can boost boot-up speed and overall performance to turbo-charge their laptop PC. Seven original equipment manufacturers are gearing up to ship laptops powered by the Momentus XT drive. The drive is now available at online retailers Amazon, Canada Computers, CDW, Memory Express, NCIX, Newegg, and TigerDirect. http://www.physorg.com/news242551579.html Electronics - Hardware Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:40:01 EST news242551579 Imec and Holst Centre announce that they have made a micromachined harvester for vibration energy with a record output power of 489µW. Measurements and simulation show that the harvester is also suited for shock-induced energy harvesting in car tires, where it could power built-in sensors. In a tire, at 70km/h, the new device can deliver a constant 42µW, which is enough to power a simple wireless sensor node. These results, obtained within the research centre’s program for Micropower Generation and Storage, are presented at the 2011 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in Washington (December 7-9). http://www.physorg.com/news242545627.html Electronics - Hardware Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:10:01 EST news242545627 Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc., today announced a new benchmark in NAND flash technology - the world's first 20 nanometer (nm), 128 gigabit (Gb), multilevel-cell (MLC) device. The companies also announced mass production of their 64Gb 20nm NAND, which further extends the companies' leadership in NAND process technology. http://www.physorg.com/news242466733.html Electronics - Hardware Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:40:03 EST news242466733 Sharp Corporation has developed a 12.1-Megapixel, 1/3.2-inch CMOS camera module with optical image stabilization that features the industry’s thinnest profile (5.47 mm in height). The new RJ63YC100 is intended for use in mobile devices such as smartphones. Sample shipments will begin from December 2, 2011. http://www.physorg.com/news241950809.html Electronics - Hardware Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:33:55 EST news241950809 (PhysOrg.com) -- Columbia University researchers have demonstrated how hackers can use printers not only to infect computer systems and steal information but to set printers on fire. Their claims were made this week in a demo at Columbia University’s Intrusion Detection Systems Laboratory for msnbc. They report a security flaw in Hewlett-Packard (HP) printers open for exploit. While their experiments were only on HP printers, they said that they are just starting to sample other manufacturers’ printers too. http://www.physorg.com/news241842190.html Electronics - Hardware Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:24:09 EST news241842190 Seagate is now shipping the second generation of Momentus XT, its groundbreaking solid state hybrid drive for consumer and commercial laptops and the company’s fastest drive ever for personal computers. With a simple drive upgrade, users can boost boot-up speed and overall performance to turbo-charge their laptop PC. Seven original equipment manufacturers are gearing up to ship laptops powered by the Momentus XT drive. http://www.physorg.com/news241766096.html Electronics - Hardware Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:15:34 EST news241766096 (PhysOrg.com) -- Intel will add TRIM support for RAID0 in its upcoming drivers in Q2 next year. The TRIM feature will be enabled for RAID0 setups in Intel’s upcoming RST (Rapid Storage Technology) 11.5 driver. For technologists working with SSDs, file under Great News. User forums for SSD users have had their share of polite questions and weary answers: "So is TRIM supported in RAID now?" http://www.physorg.com/news241666122.html Electronics - Hardware Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:30:01 EST news241666122 (PhysOrg.com) -- A joint U.S./UK research team has found that common encryption techniques are so good that law enforcement, from local to highly resourceful federal agencies, are unable to get at data on a computer hard disk that could be used to prove the guilt of people using the computer to perpetuate crimes. In looking at the current technology, the team, as they describe in their paper published in Digital Investigation, find that if criminals use commonly available hard drive encryption software, law enforcement very often is unable find anything that can be used against them. http://www.physorg.com/news241086969.html Electronics - Hardware Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:36:32 EST news241086969 (PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft and Samsung have announced the Microsoft Surface computer, called SUR40, as available for preorder, through the Samsung website, in 23 countries. The unique multi-touch screen is shown in a compact, stylish design as a table top but also can take the form of a vertical wall mount. The product is four inches thin, which makes it easy to use in either type of deployment. On walls, the SU40 can be hung or used any other way in custom enclosures. There are standard legs available for table use or a customer can design and attach their own. The SUR40 release is scheduled for early 2012.Those who attended the CES show his year had the opportunity to see this computing device that is a result of a Microsoft-Samsung collaboration. The first Surface PC was released in 2008. http://www.physorg.com/news241075193.html Electronics - Hardware Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:50:02 EST news241075193 (PhysOrg.com) -- Rajeeb Hazra, Intel’s general manger of technical computing, surprised a group attending this year’s SC11 conference, at a steak house in Seattle this past week, by holding up a single chip and declaring "It's not a PowerPoint, it's a real chip." He was referring to the processing chip Intel has created that is capable of performing at 1 teraflops, called the Knights Corner, it is, unlike its rivals, based on the x86 architecture that still sits at the base of most desktop machines in use today. http://www.physorg.com/news240740177.html Electronics - Hardware Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:16:39 EST news240740177 Tablets are fast becoming the media device of choice nowadays for work and play, particularly with the advent of iPads and the Samsung Galaxy Tab into the mobile device market. With a volume of 19.5 million of media tablet sold in 2010, and the sales volume is projected to reach over 200 million units by 2014. As media tablets seem to be an emerging trend and continues its expansion into mass consumer market, there is a lot of potential to improve the performance of the media tablet, especially in the area of memory and storage. http://www.physorg.com/news240739221.html Electronics - Hardware Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:01:11 EST news240739221 Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Wednesday unveiled a lightweight laptop computer to take on Apple's MacBook Air in the hot "Ultrabook" arena. http://www.physorg.com/news240681866.html Electronics - Hardware Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:04:35 EST news240681866 The University of Illinois says Seattle-based Cray Inc. will take over construction of the stalled $300 million Blue Waters supercomputer project, three months after IBM pulled out citing cost and technical concerns. http://www.physorg.com/news240489077.html Electronics - Hardware Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:31:32 EST news240489077 On Wednesday, on the occasion of the launch of its new exhibitions, the Bolo Museum has unveiled the CORA 1, a computer developed to serve the needs of the Swiss army at the end of the 1950s. Peter Toth, its designer, was at EPFL to talk about his adventure. http://www.physorg.com/news240152573.html Electronics - Hardware Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:03:01 EST news240152573 (PhysOrg.com) -- Nvidia has launched its Tegra 3, the quad-core chip designed for mobile devices. Tech and investor blogs were busy yesterday assessing what this means for upcoming tablets and smartphones as to performance and power efficiency. The Tegra 3 processor provides up to three times the graphics performance of Tegra 2, and up to 61 percent lower power consumption, according to the Santa Clara-based company. http://www.physorg.com/news240123284.html Electronics - Hardware Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:00:01 EST news240123284 (PhysOrg.com) -- Fujitsu yesterday announced a new commercial supercomputer, the PRIMEHPC FX10. The announcement is a stunner because of its specs, and right on the heels of this month’s other Fujitsu headliner, the K computer, a record-breaking 10-petaflop supercomputer in partnership with Japan’s RIKEN. The K announcement said they completed the final build-out of the system and achieved 10.51 petaflops on Linpack, the benchmark performance test. http://www.physorg.com/news239947359.html Electronics - Hardware Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:40:01 EST news239947359