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Intel's next-gen hyperfast Optane SSDs for PCs to ship in April
Intel's new Optane memory for PCs will let laptops and desktops boot up twice as fast and boost storage performance 14x for a range of activities.
CW@50: Data storage goes from $1M to 2 cents per gigabyte (+video)
Over the past 50 years, data storage development has blown past barrier after barrier to give us denser, higher-capacity hard drives (and flash storage) at ever-cheaper costs.
HPE unveils a new SimpliVity appliance
Two months after acquiring SimpliVity for $650 million, Hewlett Packard Enterprise is beginning to reshape the company's converged infrastructure offering in its own image.
Huawei sees switch to flash as right time to rethink whole storage infrastructure
Huawei Technologies is going all flash with its latest enterprise storage system, the OceanStor Dorado V3. It's part of the new storage-as-a-service offering the company unveiled at Cebit.
Coders and librarians team up to save scientific data
A group of students, computer programmers and other volunteers gathered on a snowy night at a former mill in Dover, N.H., to participate in a nationwide data rescue effort to archive scientific data that could be lost.
Intel claims storage speed record with its large-capacity Optane SSD
Intel says large-capacity Optane drives with up to 1.5TB of storage are on their way.
Face-off: HPE vs. NetApp for enterprise flash storage
Considering enterprise flash array storage? Download this free report for side-by-side comparisons of rival products from HPE and NetApp, based on reviews written by enterprise users of the products.
Why laptops won’t come with larger SSDs this year
Laptop makers are expected to continue using 128GB and 256GB SSDs for now as prices for the storage technology are expected to rise this year.
IBM stores data on a single atom
Tiny houses, miniature horses. Everything is going small these days, including data storage.
IBM fits a bit on an atom, eyeing ever-smaller devices
While many IT departments grapple with big data, IBM says it has the smallest data in the world: One bit on one atom. Researchers at IBM have written and read a bit of data on a single atom using magnetism, a feat they say is a world...
HPE to pay $1 billion for Nimble Storage after cutting EMC ties
Hewlett Packard Enterprise plans to acquire Nimble Storage, a vendor of all-flash and hybrid flash storage products, for $1 billion to pump up its offerings in those areas.
DNA: The hard drive of the future
With so much data being produced daily, we need a better ways to efficient to store it all. Enter DNA.
Review: The TarDisk doubles a MacBook’s storage in about 30 seconds (+video)
The TarDisk is a half-length SD card that fits flush with the body of an older MacBook or MacBook Pro and seamlessly doubles storage capacity via pairing software that creates a single virtual volume.
WD ships 256GB Lightning-attached storage for iPhone and iPad
SanDisk today announced it has doubled the capacity of its iOS mobile flash drives that use wireless or USB/Lightning connectors to store up to 256GB of images, videos or other data from iPhones or iPads.
Toshiba reveals new 3D flash chip that can store 1TB
Toshiba has begun shipping samples of its third-generation 3D NAND memory product, a chip with 64 stacked flash cells. The move comes as suitors are eyeing a majority share of the company's memory business.
Intel's Atom is underwhelming no more: New chip packs 16 cores
Intel's Atom was mostly known as a low-end chip for mobile devices that underperformed. That may not be the case anymore.
Arrest of Samsung’s Lee may not affect smartphone business in short term
The arrest of Samsung Electronics’ vice chairman Lee Jae-yong on Friday in South Korea may not have a direct impact on the company’s high-profile electronics business, including its smartphones unit, according to analysts.
Toshiba's in chaos, but not quitting PCs yet
Toshiba is more than a laptop maker, but the vast Japanese conglomerate shrunk under a wave of bad news.
Intel works on next-generation Optane SSD, memory technologies
Intel is now shipping the first-generation Optane, and is also working on next-generation technologies as it looks to boost density in this new class of storage and memory.
Western Digital begins production of the world's tallest 3D NAND 'skyscraper'
WD today announced its densest 3D NAND -- a 64-layer product that it plans to begin shipping later this year.
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