Hitachi-LG introduces hybrid optical drive

Jan 14

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Hitachi-LG introduces hybrid optical drive


The optical hybrid drive will significantly speed up boot time including the operating system.

Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS), at the fair Ceatec 2010 in Japan the second-generation hybrid presents an optical drive that a DVD or Blu-ray drive with a Solid State Disk (SSD) combined. It makes a normal hard drive in notebooks or netbooks redundant, so that manufacturers can also provide a compact device with an optical drive.

The hybrid drive uses a Serial ATA interface with 6 Gb / s and a AMDChipset. First of all model variants with 16, 32 and 64 GB of NAND flash memory are planned. This is from Micron and is manufactured in 25-nanometer process.

The drive can be used either in addition to a hard drive or as a stand-alone device. On the integrated SSD ideally operating system and applications installed. It enables significantly higher data rates than a hard drive – Micron says by a power increase between 50 and 70 percent. She is also the lack of moving parts is insensitive to shocks and vibrations.

PC makers such as Shuttle and Averatec want the new hybrid-drive install in their devices. When first appointed to systems on the market, HLDS has indicated.

Seagate supplies since the end of May from a hybrid drive that combines a hard drive and an SSD in a 2.5-inch case. The Momentus XT combined 4GB SLC NAND Flash, 32 MB cache and a volatile 7200-U./min-Festplatte 250, 320 or 500 GByte capacity. On the Internet it costs depending on the size of about 85 to 110 euros.

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Hitachi improved robot “Emiew 2″

Jun 27

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Hitachi improved robot “Emiew 2″

The humanoid is rolling over obstacles and has an optimized speech recognition lenovo thinkpad x200t battery. He is 81 inches tall and weighs 15 pounds. In the future Emiew come in two hospitals and offices are used.

Emiew 2 can recognize voices and roll over obstacles (Image: Hitachi).

The Japanese electronics and engineering company Hitachi has its humanoid robot Emiew 2 revised. The new version features an improved speech recognition and can be obstacles – such as garbage or cable roll -. Emiew two is 81 centimeters tall and weighs 15 pounds.

The humanoid is to be distinguished according to the company in a noisy environment in a position to cast. It helps a 14-channel microphone system, noise from inside Emiews filters.

Depending on the position he is rolling on two wheels or four. With the help of an active suspension (offsets Active Suspension System), the bumps, he reached a top speed of 6 km / h. The robot has 25 axes of movement and is inspired by a rangefinder. A first version of the bot Hitachi brought out ThinkPad X60 battery in 2007 – in place of Pal and Chum.

According to Hitachi Emiew two come in the future, in offices and hospitals. He could take over monitoring duties, and visitors to show around (promotional video). His Name – Excellent Mobility and Interactive Existence as Workmate proves – at least the good will on the part of the makers.