Intel has released low consumption, small SSD chips in December, that were consuming 1.1mW while idle and 300mW while reading/writing, being sized at 12×18×1.8mm. Unfortunately their Z-P140 PATA SSD are’t very good on speed, with only 16GB capacity and speeds of 40MB/s reading and 30MB/s writing.
Now Intel is going to use the new MLC ( multi-level cell ) chips for the 1.8″ and 2.5″ SSDs and the drives will have capacities from 80Gb to 160GB, using the SATA II interface.
Good news are that SDD prices will probably drop with 35 …

CompactFlash Association has announced the development of a new memory technology which could be introduced in the course of next year. The only drawback is that the CFast , as it’s called the new version, is not compatible with current camera models.
According to John Santoro, senior marketing manager for Lexar, the cards are destined for high-end cameras because of the high-speed data transfer and therefore he rushes big companies to start working on the development of new high-end cameras in order to support this technology.

It seems like ClickFree considered it’s one-touch backup HDD wasn’t simple enough, so it even removed the touch you needed to backup your files. Their new HD700 backup drive sports a 120GB 5400RPM SATA drive and is 4.52 x 0.67 x 2.99 inches big, being USB 2.0 compatible. So you just have to plug it into the PC and it starts to backup your files, without even needing an additional power source. Unfortunately it’s only compatible with Windows and it’s priced at $169.

Niveus announced their latest in storage technology: an update of the 2TB Storage Server and a new 4TB Storage Server Pro. With this two new Storage Servers, Niveus also increased the security of the server, so it can only be accessed by one of its users. If your not at home you could also access the server from any other place, like your office for example. The two servers also sport automatic backup, uPnP Media Server for playback of media content, RAID 0 or …

Sharp announced that its latest blue-violet semiconductor laser will begin mass production in April. The GH04P25A4G semiconductor laser has the same 3.3mm diameter as their previous one, but it achieves 250mW output pulse, so it can increase the recording speed of dual-layer Blu-ray Disc media to 6x, in laptops. For desktops they’ve announced the GH04P25A2G semiconductor laser. Each sample of this two semiconductors will be priced at 50,000 yen, which means almost $462.
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Sandisk has increased the capacity of their Ultra  II SDHC Plus memory card to 8GB, but what’s special about it is the USB connector included in the card, so you don’t need a reader to connect it to the PC. It uses the Hinge Lock Technology that lets it directly connect to any computer via USB, so it’s a 2-in-1 memory card that is also SD compatible. Sandisk’s durability tests show that it survived to more than 10,000 opens / closes so you don’t have to worry about it broking.
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SanDisk Corporation announced two new kinds of memory technology: a 16Gb x3 NAND flash which uses 56nm flash technology, and a 43nm technology. The first will go on production in March or April, and it will be the world’s first 3-bits-per-cell (x3) NAND flash memory. This one provides over 20% more die per wafer than a 2-bits-per-cell, and it has a higher manufacturing efficiency. The second one provides twice the density per chip than the 56nm 16Gb process technology. The 43nm Multi-Level Cell NAND flash memory maintains the performance …

BitMICRO has announced at CES a 832GB SSD and we were stunned to see it, but now it seems they’ve managed to increase much more the storage capacity and broke the terrabyte barrier. The Ultra320 SCSI SSD is in 3.5-inch form and is named the E-Disk Altima E3S320. It can store 1.6TB of data and the company promises transfer rates of 230MB/s, but unfortunately no price has been specified. We are sure it won’t be cheap, but we shall see once it gets in stores, in Q3 this year.
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Buffalo has announced it’s latest options for storage, called the QSIBSU2 HD / R, composed of four drives in RAID 0, that feature USB, FireWire 400 / 800, eSATA and TurboUSB functionality. The 1TB drive will ship at the end of this month and the 2TB one will get released at the end of February. The 1TB model will be priced at $695, while the 2TB one will cost you $995.

A Brazilian design, called Marcos Breder, has designed a good-looking flash drive, domino-shaped. The flash drives represent halves of dominoes and can be inserted one in each other, but that’s not all. They have dots on them, that each represent a giga of space loaded on the drive. The drives are quite practical and also funny, but we don’t know anything yet of release date or pricing, unfortunately.
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Buffalo released the new series of SHD-UHRS. Although until now all flash drives were not bigger than 64GB, this USB 2.0 external drive has a capacity of 100GB thanks to two types of flash memory which are using “hybrid configuration”. This results in an increase of the speed of the USB 2.0 silicon disk. Buffalo will sell the 100GB USB drive for $952, the 64GB for $665 and the 32GB model for $312.

Intel announced its new SSD chips, the Intel Z-P140 PATA, which seem to be tiny, you can see it yourself. The performance of Z-P140 PATA chips is also very good, having a capacity of 2GB and 4GB. The chips capacity could also be extended at a maximum of 16Gb. Intel didn’t announce the release date, but we can’t wait to see how the new phones and other devices will look when they’ll use one of this SSD chips.
 
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Buffalo has introduced a new 32GB flash drive, named SHD-U32GS. This isn’t the only 32GB flash drive on the market, but looks good and has impressive features. It can be connected to a PC via USB 2.0 and it features the Turbo USB technology, that improves transfer rates with up to 16 percent, as the company states. Also, it measures 19×14×91mm and only weights 20 grams. It should be available in a few days for $302.

A new simple, but at the same time very efficient, USB Drive who looks just like a chocolate. Each piece of the “chocolate” consists of a modular flash drive. In the center of the hub sits a touchscreen that helps you organize your files. This idea is very good, because it’s practical and it has an attractive delicious design.

We have great news for those that want more flash memory for their laptops, but think it’s too expensive. STEC has announced a NAND technology and they claim to cut the prices down to only $2 / GB in two years, that will also sport great speeds and capacities.
STEC is preparing MLC ( multi-level cell-based ) NAND SSD drives with 90MB/s reading and 60MB/s writing speeds, better than the current hard drives and at good prices. Also they are going to offer the SSDs in capacities from 32GB to …