Later this year, solid-state drives (SSDs) are expected to drop beneath that magical barrier that really spurs adoption: $1 per gigabyte (GB) from a relatively lofty $1.56 in 2011. According to IDC, SSDs will reach this milestone in the second half of 2012. (Pro tip: hold off on that upgrade ’til then.) Mind you, SSDs are still […]
Thailand flooding the SSD tipping point?
This year’s devastating floods in Thailand have upended lives. They also illustrate the interconnected nature of the global economy. Take, for instance, Toyota. The Japanese automaker expects parts shortages in the region to clip its profitability and result in “230,000 vehicles in lost production this business year,” according to this Reuters report. The effect on several […]
Hybrid hard drives: This time it’s for real
…or so claims market research firm Objective Analysis, a research firm specializing in the semiconductor space. According to Objective Analysis‘ Jim Handy, the hybrid drive market will double every year and reach an impressive 600 million units by 2016. Ultimately, hybrid drives will become the dominant PC storage technology, displacing traditional hard drives. Hybrid drives […]
Green Computer Tip: Don't Buy Another Hard Drive, Delete Duplicate and Update Files
Adding a hard drive to your Windows PC is an easy way to expand storage capacity if you find yourself running out of room for your files. But there are two problems with this approach. First, it’ll cost you money….
Green IT News Roundup – Wednesday, May 20
IT Pros to the Feds: Don’t Regulate Green IT – Reuters A survey by data center operator Digital Realty Trust found that 69 percent of IT pros surveyed “were extremely or very concerned about government regulation.” The study was…
Windows 7 *Hearts* Solid State Drives
The difference between SSDs and traditional hard drives go well beyond energy savings and fast I/O rates. There are some fundamental ways flash chips store data, which makes regular defrag and other drive optimization techniques that operating systems employ unsuitable…
Seagate Launches Green Barracuda LP Hard Drive
If you don want to pay a king’s ransom to outfit your PC with an energy-saving SSD — or you simply might not want to make the capacity trade-off — the next best thing to do is invest in an…
Hot Hardware Reviews Western Digital 2TB Caviar Green Power Hard Drive
That’s right, 2TB. See, that’s why SSDs have a bit of a ways to go before they can challenge traditional disk drives. But that too appears to be changing. HotHardware put Western Digital’s mammoth Caviar Green through its paces to…
