Marvell has been showing several upcoming products at the Intel Developer Forum, and one of them is the latest revision of their 6 Gbps SATA controller. The original version of this chip was already supposed to be in use by motherboard manufacturers, but a bug in their PATA controller caused some delays. The new revision of the 88SE9123 controller should be making its way to motherboard makers soon. Continue reading IDF: Marvell shows 6 Gbps SATA controller
Western Digital announced today that they are the world’s first manufacturer to ship 2.5 inch SATA disks with a 1 TB capacity. Their Scorpio Blue line of mobile harddisks now has two models that are unmatched in size by any of their competitors; a 1 TB and a 750 GB model. The closest any of their rivals gets is a 640 GB model by Seagate. Just don’t expect this to turn up in your next laptop anytime soon: Continue reading First 2.5 inch terabyte-sized drive shipping
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