Samsung Unveils 1TB mSATA Solid-State Drives with High Performance

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/display/20131209230233_Samsung_Unveils_1TB_mSATA_Solid_State_Drives_with_High_Performance.html

Samsung Reveals 840 Evo mSATA SSDs with Large Capacities and High Performance

Intel SSD Roadmap Points To 2TB Drives Arriving In 2014

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/A9Mnue7MdUo/story01.htm

MojoKid writes "A leaked Intel roadmap for solid state storage technology suggests the company is pushing ahead with its plans to introduce new high-end drives based on cutting-edge NAND flash. It's significant for Intel to be adopting 20nm NAND in its highest-end data center products, because of the challenges smaller NAND nodes present in terms of data retention and reliability. Intel introduced 20nm NAND lower in the product stack over a year ago, but apparently has waited till now to bring 20nm to the highest end. Reportedly, next year, Intel will debut three new drive families — the SSD Pro 2500 Series (codenamed Temple Star), the DC P3500 Series (Pleasantdale) and the DC P3700 Series (Fultondale). The Temple Star family uses the M.2 and M.25 form factors, which are meant to replace the older mSATA form factor for ultrabooks and tablets. The M.2 standard allows more space on PCBs for actual NAND storage and can interface with PCIe, SATA, and USB 3.0-attached storage in the same design. The new high-end enterprise drives, meanwhile, will hit 2TB (up from 800GB), ship in 2.5" and add-in card form factors, and offer vastly improved performance. The current DC S3700 series offers 500MBps writes and 460MBps reads. The DC P3700 will increase this to 2800MBps read and 1700MBps writes. The primary difference between the DC P3500 and DC P3700 families appears to be that the P3700 family will use Intel's High Endurance Technology (HET) MLC, while the DC P3500 family sticks with traditional MLC."

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Dell Leaks Details of a 24” UHD 4K (3840x2160) Monitor, the UP2414Q

URL: http://anandtech.feedsportal.com/c/34653/f/635203/s/344cdc96/sc/15/l/0L0Sanandtech0N0Cshow0C75560Cdell0Eleaks0Edetails0Eof0Ea0E240Euhd0E4k0E3840Ax2160A0Emonitor0Ethe0Eup2414q/story01.htm

Currently there are several 4K options on the market – models using the higher end IGZO displays such as the Dell Ultrasharp 32” 4K (UP3214Q, $3500) or the ASUS PQ321Q ($3500, our review) are currently attracting the most attention.  From my perspective (and a few others), 32” is just too large for a desktop monitor and while 4K seems attractive, something smaller (27”) would be more palatable.  In comes Dell, who has leaked through their Belize website, the next generation 24” UHD Monitor, the UP2414Q.  (Interesting enough it is also mentioned on their US website, through the compatibility list of a sound bar.)

Putting arguments aside about OS scaling and whether someone needs 4K in a 24 inch monitor, the specifications do make for interesting reading:

- 3840 x 2160 in 24 inches = 183.58 pixels per inch, compared to 204 for the IBM T220/T221 and 137.6 for a 32” UHD
- 178º/178º Viewing Angle
- 99% AdobeRGB and 100% sRGB (G-B LED backlight we assume)
- Factory Calibrated to Delta-E < 2
- 10-bit, 1.07 billion colors
- HDMI, DisplayPort, mini-DP, four USB 3.0 and 6-in-1 card reader

Of course, information is limited.  Other reports online list this as an IPS panel, although that is ultimately unverifiable at this point in time - we can only speculate that a 24" high end panel is finally making its way through the chain.  The 32” UP3214Q from Dell is only 30Hz at full resolution unless you use DisplayPort 1.2a + MST (Chris is testing this monitor as I type), so one might assume that the 24” panel would be the same.

Price and release date not announced – given that the 32” models are around $3500, the offset of a smaller cut of panel against the increased difficulty in creating it might be the competing factors here.

New SDXC and SDHC Memory Cards Support 4K Video

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/display/20131111234801_New_SDXC_and_SDHC_Memory_Cards_Support_4K_Video.html

Secure Digital Gains Support for 4K Video

Gigabyte Z87 Haswell Motherboard Round-Up

URL: http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Gigabyte-Z87-Motherboard-Roundup-Z87XUD4H-G1Sniper-5-Z87XOC-Force/

We’ve already seen what ASUS has to offer in the way of its Republic of Gamers Z87-based motherboards, and now we’re having a look at Gigabyte’s take on Intel’s latest chipset that supports 4th generation Core Series Haswell processors. Gigabyte sent us a sampling of three motherboards that offers a broad overview of...

4K 12-inch tablets are going to be a thing and Japan Display can prove it

URL: http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/23/japan-display-4k-tablet-lcd/?ncid=rss_truncated

If the iPad mini's new Retina Display didn't quite hit the spot, maybe 4K tablet displays from Japan Display will. Panasonic's already managed to slather its hulking 20-inch tablet in the same resolution, which was a feat in itself. But let's consider something a little more handheld friendly -- ...

Recommended Power Supplies

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Our short list of recommended power supplies for quiet or silent computers. Last update: 25 September 2013.