Kingston, a world leader in memory products is now offering 32GB SDHC memory cards. The company is now shipping 32GB Elite Pro SDHC Flash memory cards for digital video camcorders and other high-resolution imaging devices. The new 32GB card is the largest capacity in Kingston’s Elite Pro line of SDHC cards, which currently includes 4-, 8- and 16GB capacities. The new card offers a FAT 32 file format, a transfer speed of 4MBps, measures 24 x 32 x 2.1 mm and is compliant with the SD Card Association 2.00 specifications.

The Kingston 32GB Elite Pro SDHC is now available in the US at $308.

Popularity: 11% [?]

Indilinx, a semiconductor maker has announced “Barefoot”, a solid state drive controller with 90-nanometer process technology. Allegedly the “fastest in the market”, barefoot is capable of 230MBps of read/write speed and supports the capacity up to 512GB with multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash.

The controller supports multiple types of flash memory from Samsung, Toshiba, Hynix and Micron using SATA 2.0  Mass production of the Barefoot is planned for the fourth quarter of 2008.

Popularity: 6% [?]

Newer Technology’s miniStack v2.5 isa compact, sleek and high performance 3.5″ Searial ATA (SATA) drive enclosure offering a  maximum storage capacity of up to 1TB. It has three FireWire 400 ports (1 uplink + 2 additional) and four USB 2.0 ports (1 uplink + 3 additional), where you can connect devices including scanners, printers, memory card readers, digital cameras and ipod all at once.

Features:

• Up to 1.0TB(1000GB) of bootable, performance disk capacity*
• Large 8MB, 16MB, or 32MB data cache*
• Oxford 934 - High performance FireWire 400 and USB 2.0
• Compact 6.5″ x 6.5″ x 1.5″ size
• Three Firewire 400 ports (1 uplink + 2 additional)
• Four USB 2.0 ports (1 uplink + 3 additional)
• Intelligent thermal monitoring activates fan only when needed to reduce power consumption and minimize noise output
• Auto-Power on/off automatically with computer
• Massive passive heat sink to radiate heat away from hard drive
• Fully bootable via USB or FireWire
• External AutoSwitching 100~240v 50/60Hz UL Listed power adapter - 3A power supply gives you less stress and clean ample power! (UL, CUL, CE, TUV approved)
• Whisper Quiet Operation
• Kensington® Security Slot designed to allow the NewerTech miniStack to be anchored to a desk

Transfer Rates:

• FireWire 400 - 400Mb/s (or 50MB/sec)
• USB 2.0 - 480Mb/s (or 60MB/sec)
• USB 1.1 - 12Mb/s (or 1.5MB/sec)

Popularity: 5% [?]

Memorex, a consumer electronics brand of Imation specializing in disk recordable media, travel drives, flash storage, computer accessories and other electronics announced the Essential TravelDrive. This sexy and stylish USB device uses 2.5-inch hard drive technology and delivers up to 320GB of storage capacity. It is available in several nature-inspired colors and easily fits into a pocketbook or purse.

The Essential TravelDrive is available starting at $89.99 for the 160GB model.

Popularity: 4% [?]

Micron announced updates to its RealSSD lineup of Solid State Drives (SSD) . The  RealSSD P200 and C200 will be available later this year.

The 2.5-inch RealSSD P200 which is based on Micron’s SLC (Single-Level Cell) NAND technology will offer up to 128GB storage capacity with a standard 3Gbps Serial ATA (SATA) interface.

The RealSSD C200 which is available in 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch forms are based on Micron’s MLC (Multi-Level Cell) NAND process technology. The 2.5-inch version will have a maximum capacity of 250GB while the 1.8-inch version will have a maximum capacity of 128GB. The two versions use a standard 3Gbps Serial ATA (SATA) interface.

The RealSSD P200 and C200 offer a read speed of up to 250Mbps and a write speed of up to 100Mbps which are very fast compared to SSDs currently available in the market.

SSDs are now being used in netbooks and sub-notebooks because they are more power-efficient and generate less heat compared to traditional hard drives.

Popularity: 7% [?]

Hitachi announced two new CinemaStar hard drive models. The new 3.5-inch hard drives are the CinemaStar 7K1000.B and the CinemaStar 5K320 which are intended to be used in digital video recorders (DVRs). The CinemaStar 7K1000.B is available up to 1TB capacity, while the CinemaStar 5K320 has 320GB storage capacity.

The 5K320 uses CoolSpin technology which Hitachi claims is one of the most power efficient and quiet hard drive available in the market today. CoolSpin technology consists of a motor that is speed optimized for low power and quiet operation.

Hitachi says that the 1TB CinemaStar 7K1000.B can store up to 247 hours of MPEG-4 encoded high definition video and support up to ten simultaneous data streams. The CinemaStar 7K1000.B will be available in August and the 5K320 will ship in September.

Popularity: 4% [?]