Last week Japan's Green-House came out with its "fastest" SSD, and now its Mtron's turn to amaze us with it's very own "world's fastest" solid state disk. The PRO 7500 series is designed for industrial purpose and offers maximum read speed of 130MB/s and write speed of 120MB/s, making it the fastest SSD in the market (according to Mtron, of course).]]>
Mtron’s new PRO 7500 series is targeted for enterprise market to provide servers and storages with 10~20% improved performance from Mtron’s SATA I SSD. It includes Random Read IOPS (Data input/output speed) of 19,000, a speed that is 65 times faster than current industrial purpose SAS HDD, in order to deliver much-improved performance in the situations with heavy volume transactions. Also, it consumes 60% less electricity than HDD, has maximum energy efficiency with no noise and less heat, and contributes to environmental-friendly green IT technology.
Mtron will be producing their new PRO 7500 series with 32 GB ~ 128 GB capacities in 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch sizes.
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Boy, doesn't it look awesome? If it was available now, I would've definitely bought one. But sadly, it is just a concept product, so right now you can do nothing except ogle at its beauty. Very little is known about this gorgeous product except that its a 12.1" ultra thin notebook with 1,280 x 768 screen resolution. No word on other details.]]>
As concerns of a global hunger crises mount, IBM and researchers at the University of Washington today launched a new program to develop stronger strains of rice that could produce crops with larger and more nutritious yields. With the processing power of 167 teraflops, equivalent to the world's Top 3 supercomputer, IBM's World Community Grid will harness the unused and donated power from nearly one million individual PCs in a new initiative -- "Nutritious Rice for the World" project -- that will study rice at the atomic level and then combine it with traditional cross breeding techniques used by farmers throughout history. The project can be completed in less than two years as compared to over 200 years using more conventional computer systems.]]>
World Community Grid will run a three-dimensional modeling program created by computational biologists at the University of Washington to study the structures of the proteins that make up the building blocks of rice. Understanding the structure is necessary to identify the function of those proteins and to enable researchers to identify which ones could help produce more rice grains, ward off pests, resist disease or hold more nutrients. In the end, this project will create the largest and most comprehensive map of rice proteins and their related functions, helping agriculturalists and farmers pinpoint which plants should be selected for cross-breeding to cultivate better crops.
Though Microsoft's Surface is yet to find many takers, the software giant has been working on a vertical table computer, reports PC World. The TouchWall is a Surface like device, except it hangs on the wall. The prototype device developed by Microsoft Research and Office Labs will be marketed as a boardroom's must have gizmo as it could be used by business people to give presentations. The "wall tablet" lets users drag, scroll and enlarge documents, photos or videos on the screen. The TouchWall will be unveiled by Bill Gates at Microsoft's campus in Redmond on Wednesday as part of the 12th annual CEO Summit.
Fujitsu recently displayed its new ultra mobile PC featuring Intel's latest 45nm Atom processor. Not much is known about this 5.6-inch gizmo except that its designed for business professionals. The UMPC offers a 6-row keyboard (compared to five rows in previous generation models), built-in 3.5G and GPS modules, and turnable screen. The 610g portable PC will be available in Taiwan in July for approx $1,300.
International Business Machine today announced a new addition in its high performance computing (HPC) line up for use in high-end industries such as financial market, digital media creation and medical imaging. The IBM BladeCenter QS22 is an "economical supercomputing technology" inspired by advanced scientific research facilities. The heart of the QS22 is a new processor compliant with the Cell Broadband Engine (Cell/B.E.) Architecture, originally developed by IBM, Sony and Toshiba to provide the computing power for cutting-edge gaming applications. And for the most challenging arithmetic operations, this new processor, the IBM PowerXCell 8i, offers five-times the speed of the original Cell/B.E. processor.]]>
Soon after Vostro 1310 and 1510 went official, Dell made available their elder sibling, the Vostro 1710. The 17" notebook computer is a decent machine for everyday computing. The Vostro 1710 comes in three versions. The $800 version buys you an Intel Celeron M 550 (2.0GHz) processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, DVD burner, and GMA X3100, while the more expensive model ($1,128) gets you an Intel Core 2 Duo T5670 (1.8GHz) chip, 2gig RAM, 250GB hard drive, 1.3 mega pixel webcam, and 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics card.]]>
And if you're looking for more powerful specs, then you can add C2D Penryn T9300 (2.5GHz), 4GB RAM, Vista Ultimate, 640GB 5400rpm HDD, a/b/g/n wireless, Bluetooth, and Trusted Platform Module 1.2. This configuration will set you for about $2,261.
If you were shocked by WSJ's article claiming that Dell is all set to put an end on XPS gaming brand then you're not alone as even Dell guys can't believe it. After the story was published, Dell went unofficially official with its own version. According to a post on Dell's blogging site, the XPS brand is here to stay.
OCZ has jumped into notebook segment with a new DIY notebook computer. The Do-It-Yourself gaming notebook isn't like a regular laptop; it allows you to customize it to core. Designed for gaming enthusiasts, it lets you purchase an unconfigured notebook and customize the system to your needs with the help of guides and direct support. And when OCZ said you can fully customize your machine, they really mean it. Under DIY program, you can not only select major components such as Operating System, CPU, memory, and HDD/SSD but can also save money by purchasing components individually through sales, bundles, rebates, auctions, trades, etc. Additionally there is no mark-up for labor costs of assembling the notebook. ]]>
The 15.4" DIY notebook supports Intel Core 2 Duo platform (including latest 45nm Penryn), NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics card, SATA hard drive, SSD, four USB 2.0 ports, dual layer DVD burner, fingerprint reader, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, Intel 4965AGN 802.11a/g/n wireless, and TV tuner.
VIA Technologies recently announced a power efficient x86 processor platform, the EPIA PX5000EG Pico-ITX board featuring power efficient 500MHz VIA Eden ULV processor. According to firm, the VIA EPIA PX5000EG adds the incredible heat and power efficiency of the 500MHz VIA Eden ULV processor with its maximum power draw of just one watt. The Pico-ITX form factor squeezes a full feature set into a mere 10cm x 7.2cm. It includes both LVDS/DVI and VGA support, integrated 5.1 channel audio, fast 100/10 Ethernet, both IDE and S-ATA drive support and up to six USB ports and a COM port.]]>
"The introduction of the VIA EPIA PX5000EG elevates the VIA EPIA range of innovative embedded solutions to new heights of thermal and energy efficiency in an extremely miniaturized form factor," said Daniel Wu, Vice President, VIA Embedded Platform Division, VIA Technologies, Inc. "The VIA EPIA Pico-ITX form-factor continues to evolve, addressing the embedded industry's needs for greater efficiency and miniaturization."]]>