What is interesting about Samsung Spinpoint F3 is not so much on the capacity and the density. Its predecessor, the Samsung Spinpoint F1, and came to terabytes of storage, but using three magnetic plates 333 GB each. The new 3.5-inch hard drive increases the density of Samsung 500 GB, it uses only two plates and, consequently, improves the speed of data access.
According to the firm, the Samsung Spinpoint F3 get 30% more performance than a disc of
Western Digital has updated its portable hard drives, coinciding with the launch of the Scorpio Blue 1TB. The new model is called WD My Passport Essential SE, and its main innovation over previous Passport is its ability: two models of 750 GB and 1 TB of capacity.
Maintaining the vast majority of characteristics: same size (15 × 80 × 126 mm), weight (180 grams) and USB 2.0 interface to connect the disk to the computer. As is customary in external hard drives for the vast majority of manufacturers, the new WD My Passport Essential are several additional software, such as to add a certain level of security to encrypt data, or programs for backup and synchronization information.
For now only be available one color, gray titanium, but Western Digital is likely to increase the range of colors in the future to maintain the range of previous models.
The WD Scorpio Blue is the first hard drive 2.5-inch magnetic plate that reaches the terabytes of capacity. That is, we get what we can and in some laptops to use two hard drives, but saving one. The paste is that, although it is a SATA 2.5-inch, has a thickness of 12.5 mm, which is not suitable for the majority of laptops, using the standard 9.5 mm.
Prices for the WD Scorpio Blue in the United States will be $ 250 for 1TB and $ 190 for 750 GB. For now, the price is the main argument in favor of the magnetic plate instead of SSD, since those prices for the solid-state memory still moves below 100 GB. Pity the thickness of these new discs, since laptops tend to lose more and the standard 12.5 mm is doomed to disappear.
As if we were just waiting for the i5 Core, the Intel Core i3 could become a reality, and what is known so far are a bit interesting.
First we have about 32 nanometers in micros, a new manufacturing process that will bring improvements to the existing 45-nanometer micro. It is what we have been saying forever, a new generation with a higher yield but a lower consumption and less heat generated.
Although many details still need to know, the Intel Core i3 will have a model with four processor cores, operating under the LGA1156 socket (the same as the Core i5) and manufactured under the Nehalem platform, which is not a surprise absolute, since all the new generation is based on this architecture.
Release dates, from TechPowerUp point to the end of 2009, with prices still unknown but it should not be high, since we’re talking about a supposedly lower-middle range in the new products from Intel. Maybe around 100 or 150 euros, depending on the model chosen.
