Monday 18 May 2015

Futuristic Miniature Computer




In regiment the miniature computers have arrived. Desktop computers are getting smaller, not yielding in functionality its full length relatives. PC, similar to a USB flash drive, has long been present in the range of electronics stores, and today’s hero CuBox-i 4×4, ultracompact too, will appreciate the fans of minimalism. The company unveiled a tiny SolidRun CuBox-i 4×4, in the form of a cube with a side length of 5 cm and is available in black or white color options. About the weight is not known, but think, that he is very light.
Despite on its small size, the device is powerful enough. The model has a 4-core processor Freescale i.MX6 with a maximum clock frequency of 1.2 GHz. Created chip platform based Cortex A9 (ARM). There is a graphics accelerator Vivante GC2000, 4 GB of RAM, USB, Micro-USB, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11n, a slot for microSD (c 8GB card included), infrared receiver output S / PDIF and HDMI. Furthermore, the presence of a network controller Gigabit Ethernet. The enumeration is enough for “smooth” work Android
 5.2 Lollipop and viewing video in Full HD (with a bit rate of 100 Mbps)


6 TB SSD Drive


Most modern computers and laptops can be equipped with very capacious hard drives, whose volume in some cases can reach 10 TB. However, for those who prefer a more modern conventional HDD SSD-drives – the choice is somewhat limited. SSDs have yet to be definitively conquer the mass market. And one of the factors, stopping this event is their price. However, the industry is not standing still and trying withdraw SSD to the fore for Storage.
In July this year the company Fixstars is going to start supply the world’s first SSD-drive capacity of 6 TB. The company claims that the SSD-carrier is among the most capacious 2.5-inch SSD-drives on the market. About the price, unfortunately, it has not reported.
It is clear,that model of volume 6 TB will very not cheap. However, the demand for SSD-storage of large volumes (which are commonly used in data centers, as well as in the media industry) are increasing constantly and so Fixstars decided to shift its attention on this market. Model 6000M, undoubtedly attract a lot of attention. It uses a 15-nanometer chip flash memory and offer read / write speed at 540/520 MB / s, respectively. Even though  SSD-carriers continue to maintain a relatively high cost, the price is slowly but surely reduced. And when compared with the past, the model of 120 GB and 250 GB significantly cheaper, becoming far more accessible.