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Tablet-Crazed Market Feeds a Frenzy

08 September 2010 Bob Snyder News
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Apple will still have more than 60% of the tablet market in 2012, says iSuppli despite Acer's chairman prediction that Apple will shrink to 20% when market stabilizes.

Certainly all the big guns will aim at iPad: vendors working on tablets include Acer, Dell, HP, LG, Motorola, Blackberry and Samsung.

But that list lulls distracts from the real deluge that will come from Asian OEMs using any OS they can bend to the task (think Android, Chrome, MeeGo, Brew, Windows7 etc) and any form of channel (think private label for disties, retailers, telcoe, etailers, telcoms and all-comers.)

Orange will launch three devices before the end of 2010, one of which will be an Android under its own brand, targeting the mass-market for 100 euros with a 2-year service contract. Bloomberg notes AT&T is bullisheough to claim tablets will kill notebooks. That's right, notebooks, not netbooks, to be done in by$1000 tablets on high end.

Go iSuppli: Apple to Dominate Tablets through 2012

Toshiba Drives Wipes Data When Shut Off

08 September 2010 Bob Snyder PCs - PC Components
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WIPE technology

Toshiba's new hard disk drive features a data wipe just after powering down.

Toshiba's SED (Self-Encrypting Drives) will allow for deletion of secure data prior to disposing or repurposing hard drives.The technology revolves around invalidating a hard-drive security key when a system's power supply is turned off.

The new Wipe capability will go into future versions of the drives but Toshiba wants to put this feature on storage devices in copiers and printers, which handle secure documents in digital imaging environments.

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Stamp-size SSD from SanDisk

08 September 2010 Bob Snyder News
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SanDisk iSSD

SanDisk's new SSD, smaller than a postage stamp and weighing less than a Euro cent, comes in capacities from 4GB to 64GB. This iSSD is fast enough for use with advanced operating systems such as Windows 7 or Mac OS X

SanDisk aims this at mobile computing platforms such as tablets and ultra-thin netbooks.

The iSSD uses a serial ATA (SATA) interface in a small ball grid array (BGA) package that can be soldered onto any motherboard. It offers 160MB/sec sequential read and 100MB/sec sequential write speeds.

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iSuppli Sees DRAM Shortage for Q3/Q4

08 September 2010 Bob Snyder News
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DRAM makers trying to recover from the downturn last year can now face a shortage in second half, sending DRAM prices higher, warns iSuppli.

DRAM makers face an inability to obtain needed production equipment and problems implementing sub-50-nanometer technology, according to iSuppli.

The three DRAM makers in the best position to benefit from rising chip prices are Samsung, Hynix and Micron, (iSuppli suggests they've already upgraded tolatest technology).

Gartner says Samsung maintains its lead in DRAM with a 35.3% share of revenue, followed by Hynix with 20.9%, Elpida with 17.3%, Micron 13.3% and Nanya with 4.4%

Go iSuppli on DRAM

Blu-ray 3D to PCs with CyberLink PowerDVD 10

08 September 2010 Bob Snyder News
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CyberLink PowerDVD 10 ULTRA 3D Mark II

CyberLink releases PowerDVD 10 ULTRA 3D Mark II to enable Blu-ray 3D movie playback on desktop, notebook and All-in-Ones. It delivers two 1080p frames to create HD3D video effect, and is the first software player to receive a Blu-ray 3D Certification from the Blu-ray Disc Association.

PowerDVD also converts 2D movies and video files into 3D videos.

Go Cyberlink's PowerDVD 10 Mark II

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