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Intel Z68 Chipset enhancements @ Computex 2011

Intel Motherboard with the Z68 chipset has an extra graphics processing component that can enhance the speed of graphics intensive tasks. The  Z68-based motherboard uses software to improve both 2D and 3D transcoding. In addition, the platform allows a SSD “L4″ cache which improves the throughput of huge packets of data processing.

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Plextor Solid State Drives – M2S Series

Plextor launches a brand new SSD series to cater for high speed USB 3.0 devices. The M2S series uses a server grade Marvell chip to enhance speed of data transfer, in addition to proprietary software algorithms which enhance data integrity and product lifespan.
Check out more here:
http://www.plextor.com

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G.Skill 24GB DDR3 kits @2000MHz +Phoenix Pro SSD @ Computex 2010

G.Skill showing their newest 16GB- 4x4GB DDR3 @ 2000MHz kits at Computex 2010, the standard timings are 9-9-9-24 CR2.
The second demo shown is 24GB – 4GBx6 DDR3 @ 2000MHz.
They claim they are the only company who can run 24GB’s @2000MHz also at 9-9-9-24 CR2.
The final Demo had 24GB DDR @1800MHz, but the timings are slightly faster @ 8-9-8-24 CR1. In addition the Phoenix Pro SSD which has 120GB capacity, runs faster than standard SSD, and has read/write speed of 285/275 MB per second.

http://www.gskill.com/

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PhotoFast USB 3.0 expresshost @ Computex 2010

Milton introduces the USB 3.0 expresshost which fits snugly into your notebook and can fit without an edge sticking out. The Expresshost supports CF, 50 pin 1.8″drives and Ziff drives. In addition, using the adapter and a cable you can connect your 2.5″drives as well.
This all round solution makes downloading data a snap.
See more at http://www.photofast.tw

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Super Talent reveals world first USB3.0 flash drives

Director Joe James from Super Talent @ Computex 2010 shows Yi the world’s first USB 3.0 flash drives. The cheapest Express Drive can transmit data at about 130MB/s, The Super Crypt goes at 240MB/s. The Raid Flash Drive at the high-end reaches speeds of over 300MB/sec. In this example it reached a read speed of 313MB/sec and a write speed of 139MB/sec. Significantly faster (3x) than a HDD, as well as a fast SSD (20% faster).
Check out more at http://www.supertalent.com

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PhotoFast Product Overview – Computex 2009

Card 1: PCI-Express- Use 8x CF cards in RAID configuration to create a SSD.
Card 2: PCI-Express – Use 2x CF cards with already installed onboard SSD memory to increase the SSD as needed.
Card 3: Module Open – Can replace each memory module with your own flash memory (OEM customers take note)
Card 4: XG Monster – 3.5″ SATA SSD, running RAID 5 (speed-270 Mb/Sec)
CF card CR-7100/7200 : SD and Micro SD adapter
SD cards : MS and MS2 in RAID
E-SATA Card, 128GB -Speed, 120 MB/sec
Express card: Very fast access times (about 0.1 ms)
V3, V4S and V5 next generation SSD using RAID zero to implement extremely fast read write speeds.

The V2 Card uses 800MHz Intel 81348 XScale I/O chipset, using 256MB ECC DDRII & 64 x4 SDRAM running in RAID 6, with increased speeds across the board.
MSRP – 128GB version = US$1000.

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