New Intel SSD with more than 32GB of Storage also Smaller than the Size of a Thumbnail
Intel and Micron Technology on introduced a high-density chip that the companies say can pack 32 GB of storage on a smaller footprint than other similar devices.
The companies claim their latest product can drive capacities beyond 256 GB in a standard 1.8-inch form factor for solid-state drives. Intel and Micron also plan to introduce lower-density products by the end of the year.
The NAND device is aimed at solid-state drives, which are increasingly being offered at a premium in notebooks to deliver faster boot times and more durability and reliability than traditional hard disk drives. In building the chip, used a 34-nanometer manufacturing process that increases the density of the device in order to cram more memory in a smaller space. “This new 32-GB device provides the best bit storage density available in the industry.
The new devices are smaller than the size of a thumbnail but can store more than 2,000 digital photos or up to 1,000 songs. The chips are also available in a two eight-die stacked package to deliver 64 GB of storage.
The companies expect to ship samples of the latest chip to customers in June. Volume production is expected in the second half this year.
While solid-state drives have a number of advantages over hard disk drives. SSDs use up less battery power than HDDs, the biggest disadvantage is price.
Yahoo announced BrowserPlus while Google de-branded Gears!!
Yahoo announced software called BrowserPlus that has a similar philosophy. Expand what’s possible to make Web applications a better alternative to programs running natively on a personal computer. Right now, it’s available only in a “sneak peek” on some Yahoo-operated Web sites.
But a year after the Google launched its Gears project, Google appears to be trying to make it easier for competitors to embrace Gears. At its Google I/O conference here Wednesday, Google de-branded Gears today, taking its name off the project and announcing some new Web browser support in the works.
“BrowserPlus is a technology designed to extend the Web, so that developers can build more exciting Web applications and so end users can get more done inside their Web browsers,” Yahoo said on a BrowserPlus frequently-asked-questions page.
Different Web sites can use BrowserPlus to support things like drag and drop from the desktop, easier file uploads, more efficient and secure acquisition of feeds and information, and native desktop notifications.
BrowserPlus works on Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 machines and on Windows XP and Vista machines. Supported browsers are Internet Explorer 7 or later, Apple Safari 3 or later, and Firefox 2 or later.
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