Seagate’s first shingled hard drives now shipping: 8TB for just $260

Seagate's first shingled hard drives now shipping: 8TB for just $260

URL: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/195543-seagates-first-shingled-hard-drives-now-shipping-8tb-for-just-260


Seagate, using its new shingled magnetic recording (SMR) technology to cram more data into fewer platters, is preparing to launch an 8TB hard drive priced at just $260. For that low-low price (just over 3 cents per gig!) you get a three-year warranty and very low power consumption -- but certainly not performance. This 8TB drive is all about long-term storage and backups -- pair it with a new SSD and you'd have a very flexible, cost-effective storage setup.

Samsung SSD 850 EVO (120GB, 250GB, 500GB & 1TB) Review

Samsung SSD 850 EVO (120GB, 250GB, 500GB & 1TB) Review

URL: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8747/samsung-ssd-850-evo-review

Samsung hasn't stopped impressing me in the SSD space. The early Samsung SSDs weren't very good, but ever since the introduction of the SSD 830 Samsung has been doing a brilliant job and has been setting the bar for performance, cost and reliability. The SSD 840 specifically showed what properly executed vertical integration can really do as Samsung was the first manufacturer to utilize TLC NAND in a client SSD. Two years later Samsung wowed us by introducing world's first SSD with 3D NAND, the SSD 850 Pro, and today Samsung is presenting the TLC flavored V-NAND SSD, more commonly known as the SSD 850 EVO. Read on to find out whether the 850 EVO is as much of a beast as its big brother is!

Future batteries, coming soon: charge in seconds, last months and power over the air

Future batteries, coming soon: charge in seconds, last months and power over the air

URL: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/130380-future-batteries-coming-soon-charge-in-seconds-last-months-and-power-over-the-air

While smartphones, smarthomes and even smart wearables are growing ever more advanced, they're still limited by power. The battery hasn't advanced in decades. But we're on the verge of a power revolution. Big technology companies, and now car companies...

Samsung’s 840 Evo repair tool available to download, but be careful of the caveats when you update

Samsung's 840 Evo repair tool available to download, but be careful of the caveats when you update

URL: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/192419-samsungs-840-evo-repair-tool-available-to-download-but-be-careful-of-the-caveats-when-you-update


Samsung has released the fix for the 840 Evo, but users should be careful to read the instructions -- it's not entirely straightforward.

Samsung's 840 EVO update fixes slow reads with old data

Samsung's 840 EVO update fixes slow reads with old data

URL: http://techreport.com/review/27212/samsung-840-evo-update-fixes-slow-reads-with-old-data

Last month, Samsung confirmed that its 840 EVO SSD can suffer from slower read speeds with older data. The company promised to address the issue with updated firmware, and we've been experimenting with the fix.

Before we get into the results of our testing, we should spend ...

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AMD is preparing to enter the SSD business

URL: http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/07/amd-radeon-r7-ssds/?ncid=rss_truncated

With all the computing components AMD makes already, it's still hard to believe the company has yet to explore the solid-state drive space. But that's about to change soon -- it looks like AMD's finally ready to get into the business of making SSDs....

Samsung SSD 850 Pro 128GB and 1TB Review

URL: http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Samsung-SSD-850-Pro-128GB-and-1TB-Review/

In the past few weeks, we’ve seen a steady stream of new solid state drive releases, from the likes of Plextor, Crucial, and SanDisk. Our review of the Plextor M6M mSATA drive can be found here, and we covered Crucial’s MX100 series here. And reviews of some new SanDisk drives are currently in the works. Today, however, Samsung...

Intel unveils new Xeon chip with integrated FPGA, touts 20x performance boost

URL: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/184828-intel-unveils-new-xeon-chip-with-integrated-fpga-touts-20x-performance-boost

Late yesterday, Intel quietly announced one of the biggest ever changes to its chip lineup: It will soon offer a new type of Xeon CPU with an integrated FPGA. This new Xeon+FPGA chip will fit in the standard E5 LGA2011 socket, but the integrated FPGA will allow each chip to be customized to specific workloads. This move is almost certainly intended to make Intel-x86 a better all-round platform for a wider variety of workloads, and to dissuade customers from switching to GPGPU accelerators from the likes of Nvidia.

SanDisk Unveils Industry's First Consumer SSDs with Ten-Year Warranty

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/display/20140606044253_SanDisk_Unveils_Industry_s_First_Consumer_SSDs_with_Ten_Year_Warranty.html

SanDisk Extreme Pro Sports Up to 960GB Capacities, Extreme Performance, Unprecedented Warranty

Samsung SSD 840 EVO mSATA Review

URL: http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Samsung-SSD-840-EVO-mSATA-Review/

A few months back, we took a look at Samsung’s SSD 840 EVO series of solid state drives. At the time, we found their performance to be quite good, and the drives were competitively priced too. Shortly after the 2.5” versions of Samsung’s SSD 840 EVO drives hit the scene, the company prepared an array of mSATA drives featuring...

Crucial M550 Series Solid State Drive Review

URL: http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Crucial-M550-Series-Solid-State-Drive-Review/

The solid state storage market continues to be one of the hottest in the PC industry. Over the last few weeks alone, we’ve seen the release of the Intel SSD 730 and the OCZ Vertex 460 series of drives and there are still plenty more on the horizon, as many companies ready products with different capacities, form factors and connectivity...

Dell UltraSharp UP3214Q 4K Ultra HD Monitor Review

URL: http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Dell-UltraSharp-UP3214Q-4K-Ultra-HD-Monitor-Review/

In case you didn't get the memo, the 4K Ultra HD revolution has begun. What's been remarkable about the ongoing transition from Full HD 1080p to 4K Ultra HD is that hardware makers and content creators didn't get stuck in a 'chicken and egg' scenario. Typically when new technology emerges, hardware makers wait for software developers to come...

Sony’s New 4K Camcorder Has a Bigger Sensor and a Much Lower Price

URL: http://feeds.wired.com/c/35185/f/661457/s/35940dde/sc/5/l/0L0Swired0N0Cgadgetlab0C20A140C0A10Csony0Eax10A0A0A0E4k0Ehandycam0C/story01.htm

Sony's AX100 is the company's second Handycam model built for Ultra HD video. It costs half as much as the existing FDR-AX1, and in many ways it's better.

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