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The SCSIFlash-Fast is a swap-in upgrade/replacement for electromechanical hard disk drives (HDDs) that use the small computer system interface (SCSI).  Initially available with 68- and 80-pin connectors, this generation of HDD has write speeds of up to 80MByte/sec, increased from 10MByte/sec. The drive uses proven SCSI drive architecture and industrial CFast or M.2 SSD memory, and has storage capacities ranging ...

To meet Open Compute Project (OCP) requirements, Molex has created a connector system that combines low-speed signals, high-speed signals and power into a single cable assembly. The “data-center product development team collaborated with the power engineering group to optimise power-contact design, thermal simulation and power dissipation”, according to the company. Inside is up to 4A can be carried alongside 10 ...

I have a PC at home that is kept for CAD – it is only connected to the internet for updates and downloading software, as well as occasionally looking up tutorials, but never random browsing. To keep me honest, is also doesn’t have Wi-Fi – an Ethernet cable has to be trailed through the house to get it on-line. And ...

German scientists have discovered giant magnetoresistance – the effect used in hard drive read heads – in niobium phosphide. They also identified graphene-like carriers in the 3D material. “Until now, the computer industry has used various materials stacked on top of each other in a filigree structure to achieve this effect. Now, Max Planck scientists in Dresden have observed a ...

For embedded systems that have to forget, Toshiba has announced self-erasing technology for its 'self-encrypting drive' (SED) hard drives. Called 'Wipe', applications...

Toshiba has launched a 250Gbyte 1.8in hard drive. "The dual platter MK2529GSG is the largest capacity 1.8in HDD available in the current market, with an areal density of 378.8Gbit/inch2," claims Toshiba.