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pocket-lint.co.uk - 11/5/2008

NEWS: Seagate CEO hints at SSD tech to come

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Hybrid technology that could finally bring prices down Seagate's CEO has confirmed that the company is working on its very own line-up of Solid State Drives in a briefing with Pocket-lint. ... Read Seagate CEO hints at SSD tech to come on Pocket-lint now

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hardware.silicon.com - 11/6/2008

Seagate: We won't do flash, it doesn't pay

— hardware.silicon.com — But ready to embrace 2009 in a solid state (more) Seagate: We won't do flash, it doesn't pay

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seagate.com - 11/4/2008

Seagate Technology - Savvio® Hard Drive Family

— seagate.com — 70 percent smaller than 3.5-inch drives Consumes up to 50 percent less power while doubling performance (IOPS/watt) over traditional 3.5-inch drives Savvio drives with PowerTrim technology cost on average US$9 in electrical costs per year per drive, ... (more) Seagate Technology - Savvio® Hard Drive Family

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electronista.com - 11/6/2008

Seagate to develop hybrid line of solid-state drives?

— electronista.com — Memory device maker Seagate is investing as much as $100 million into developing a new type of solid-state drives (SSDs), according to a Wednesday report. According to company CEO Bill Watkins, Seagate is trying to resolve certain issues with the ... (more) Seagate to develop hybrid line of solid-state drives?

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Seagate planning home NAS, researching hybrid SSDs
SlashGear — ... Seagate are exploring new SSD technologies that combine SLC (single layer chip) and MLC (multiple layer chip) to create a cost-effective and reliable hybrid.  Talking to Pocket-lint, Seagate CEO Bill Watkins revealed that the company would “love to have an SSD range” but that issues with read/write cycle performance and production cost are slowing them down.  Pat King, senior vice president of global marketing, also confirmed that Seagate are planning a network-attached storage (NAS) device for home customers. ...

Seagate developing mutant hybrid SSD tech to bring costs down
Engadget — Filed under: StorageWe'd heard that Seagate was prepping its first solid state hard drives, but there was no plan for consumer-friendly products in that vein anytime soon because solid state drives cost far more to produce than the conventional variety. Recently, CEO Bill Watkins hinted that the company intends to overcome that problem by combining relatively inexpensive (but unreliable) multi-layer cells with pricier (but dependable) single-layer cells in some kind of hybrid drive technology. It's all very pie in the sky right now, but surely ...

Seagate developing hybrid SSD’s (Solid State Disks)
PR News: — ... might just have a solution though, as they are looking at technology that will combine two kinds of NAND SDD solutions. Read the full interview from Pocket-Lint ...

Seagate apostará por los discos duros híbridos
Gizmología — ... de su producción sea mucho más bajo que el actual. La solución temporal que han logrado crear, aun en desarrollo, está en la combinación de las tos tecnologías, SSD y HDD. Bill Watkins (CEO de Seagate) no ha dado mucho más que hablar de este tema, pero es muy interesante, pese a que siempre pensé que habría un paso del disco duro corriente de diferentes capas a los discos SSD, el alto precio de las memorias son a estas alturas un lujo innecesario. Enlace: Seagate CEO hints at SSD tech to come Comparte esta anotación ...