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Singapore agency unveils 5mm-thick 1TB hybrid storage drive

Singapore agency unveils 5mm-thick 1TB hybrid storage drive
  • Posted November 6, 2012, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • The Data Storage Institute (DSI) of Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR) has announced a new ultra-thin high-density hybrid hard drive that bests a recently unveiled Western Digital product. In what is said to be the smallest and…

Western Digital testing new 5mm-thick hybrid drive for Ultrabooks

Western Digital testing new 5mm-thick hybrid drive for Ultrabooks
  • Posted September 11, 2012, 8:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
  • Western Digital has revealed they are sampling a new 5mm-thick (0.2-inch) hybrid storage drive that could end up in future Ultrabooks. Western Digital’s 500GB unit will utilize a small amount of flash memory in addition to traditional spinning media to…

Apple patent details hybrid drive system based on environmental state

Apple patent details hybrid drive system based on environmental state
  • Posted September 29, 2011, 3:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple, Hardware
  • The US Patent & Trademark Office has published a patent from Apple that details a hybrid drive system using a traditional hard drive and flash memory. Unlike current hybrid systems that focus solely on performance gains, Apple’s system would be…

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