GLG News by PC Storage Device Purchasers and Sellers

* There are rumors that Western Digital is working on a 20,000 RPM Raptor drive  * Other HDD companies such as Seagate, Fujitsu and others are also working on improving rotational as well as track change drive latencies  * SSDs are starting to compete against HDDs for performance oriented...

* Nintendo and InPhase are apparently doing some joint work on holographic storage  * InPhase has been pursuing a holographic storage system (primarily for write once archive applications) for several years  * Any holographic storage product likely will not be in a Nintendo game system for...

* SanDisk recently revealed a proposal for creating a single metric representing the expected lifetime of a solid state drive  * The SanDisk metric is called “Longterm Data Endurance” or LDE  * The SanDisk proposal comes at a time that several organizations such as IDEMA and JEDEC are discussing...

Certainly the potential is there. However there are some real limits as to just how successful this venture will be. It really harkins back to the mainframe and minicomputer days. The PC afforded individuals and companies the freedom to break free of IT control and this movement seems to bring us back...

1. Using on-line apps as an experiment is possible 2. When will we see massive adoption?

I believe that both Cisco and EMC are expanding their base technologies to translate Data into meaningful Information.  They both have capabilities to analyze and direct Data into predetermined and structured storage and processing domains. The translation of Data into meaningful Information for...

* JEDEC is a memory standards body that is very active and respected in the electronics industry  * JEDEC has formed a committee to develop standards for NAND flash solid state drives  * The JEDEC committee will be co-chaired by Micron and Seagate  * Seagate expects to announce their...

* Seagate announced their Barracuda 1.5 TB disk drive, the first announced disk drive with more than 1TB capacity  * Seagate also announced their first 500 GB 2.5-inch drive products with 5200 and 7200 RPM  * The 3.5-inch 1.5 TB product will begin shipping in August 2008 while the 2.5-inch...

CRT monitors are passe.  They take up way too much valuable desktop space. They have not been made in quantity for a few years and old monitors lose the crispness on the screen making it harder to read. Besides, studies have shown that eyestrain from trying to view these monitors can...

1. Power consumes more than the cost of the PC. 2.  Virtualization of PC's can reduce the IT budget.