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Flash SSD price falls result in MacBook (SSD) Air price cut
Due to flash SSD price reductions Apple has cut the price of the SSD-equipped MacBook Air by $400.[more...]
Seagate invests $228 million in its N Ireland plant
Seagate is investing $228 million (£120 million) in its Londonderry, Northern Ireland, hard drive read/write head plant to enable it to retain its position as the lowest cost and biggest producer of read-write heads in the world.[more...]
Samsung gets large Apple iPhone flash order
Samsung appears to have received an order for 50 million 8GB NAND flash chips, mostly for the new iPhone. It's told other customers it will be reducing its supply to them.[more...]
Flash SSDs lower notebook battery life
A hardware test has found that flash memory solid state drive use (SSD) reduces notebook computer batter life instead of extending it.[more...]
Ibrix' new president
With reference to yesterday's story about the Ibrix CEO's ouster the Ibrix board has put out this statement:[more...]
NAND flash growth weakens
In a Semico report on the first quarter's NAND flash market the company says it expects only a 13% NAND revenue growth rate for 2008 compared to 2007. In 2007 revenue grew 25%, partly through an Apple effect.[more...]
Panasonic cuts Blu-ray Combo drive price in China
Panasonic has cut the price of its Blu-ray Combo drive - it also plays DVDs - in China to 988 yuam from 1,299 yuan, in a pricing tit-for-tat with Pioneer.[more...]
Sonnet upgrades high-performance external drives to 1TB level
Sonnet Technologies has upgraded its twin 2.5-inch Fusion 2 external drive system to use 500GB SATA drives. It can offer 1 TB of capacity or 500GB at RAID 1 (mirroring) and transfer data at a sustained 134MB/sec through twin eSATA ports.[more...]
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Flash SSD price falls result in MacBook (SSD) Air price cut
Seagate invests $228 million in its N Ireland plant
Samsung gets large Apple iPhone flash order
Flash SSDs lower notebook battery life
Panasonic cuts Blu-ray Combo drive price in China
Sonnet upgrades high-performance external drives to 1TB level