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Hitachi launches new CinemaStar drives for media PCs and set top boxes

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Hitachi launches new CinemaStar drives for media PCs and set top boxesWhat's 2.5-inches wide, 7mm tall and silent as a whisper? Well, hopefully it's Hitachi's new CinemaStar hard drives. We know for certain that these platters of polarized bits will fit in your standard 2.5-inch drive bay, we'll just have to take the company at it's word (for now) on the silent bit. Three new families of disks just hit the market, the Z7K500, Z5K500 and budget-friendly C5K1000. The first two options are 7mm high, allowing them to slide nicely into small form factor PCs, DVRs and even laptops. Both top out at 500GB, but the Z7K ekes out better performance by whipping its platters around at 7,200 RPM, while the Z5Ks save energy and noise by ratcheting back to 5,400 RPM. The C5K comes in a slightly bulkier 9.5mm height, but this 5,400 RPM drive does reach the lofty storage size of 1TB. For now the drives are available in limited quantities to OEMs, but hopefully that will change soon enough. Check out the PR after the break for more details.

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Hitachi launches new CinemaStar drives for media PCs and set top boxes originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 May 2012 14:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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WD grits teeth, hands over the goodies to Toshiba to regulators and dentists’ delight

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Western Digital has completed its FTC-ordered handover of assets to Toshiba in order to buy Hitachi's HDD business Viviti. The wedding of the year was halted when regulators, citing monopoly concerns, demanded WD hand over a bundle of IP, R&D materials and production line gear to Tosh. In exchange, Western Digital will take over Toshiba Storage Device (Thailand), the arm of the company that was devastated in the recent flooding. It's WD's aim to integrate the remaining assets into its own local operations -- you can read the official line in the land of pure imagination below.

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G-Technologies’ G-Raid with Thunderbolt drive now on sale, yours from $700

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Thunderbolt-equipped RAID options from the likes of LaCie and Promise not satisfying your desire for a 10Gbps storage option? Good news, as Hitatchi's G-Technology is finally ready sell its G-Raid with Thunderbolt, which might just throw a smile on your face. We now know that you'll pay $700 for 4TB or storage, $850 for 6TB and $1,000 for 8TB. If you'll recall, the unit features a duo of T-Bolt ports for daisey-chains and two 3Gbps 7,200RPM HDDs that can be configured in RAID 0 for extra pep or RAID 1 for redundancy. That said, it'll require plug-in power, so don't expect to go mobile. Looking for more details in the meantime? Move your cursor over to the links below.

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G-Technologies' G-Raid with Thunderbolt drive now on sale, yours from $700 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hitachi Ultrastar 7K4000 Enterprise Hard Drives

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Hitachi hits back with a new line of enterprise hard drives, the Ultrastar 7K4000. Coming in 2TB, 3TB and 4TB capacities, these 3.5-inch HDDs are equipped with a 64MB of cache memory, a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface, a 7200RPM spindle speed, a MTBF of 2 million hours and can deliver a maximum data transfer speed of up to 171MB/s. Unfortunately, there’s no word on pricing yet. [Storage Review]

Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi joint venture Japan Display fires up operations

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The joint venture that is Japan Display agreed on its formalities back in November, and has now finally started operating. While Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi all have a 10 percent stake in the business, the main investment comes from the government-backed INCJ. The collaboration hopes to champion the middle- and small-sized display sector, and has around 6,200 employees, and ¥230 billion (about $2.8 billion) of capital to help it on its way. Now that the wheels are finally in motion, an announcement of its operational divisions, which include "Mobile Business" and "Automotive" hint at what we might expect from the business going forward. Assuming no one sells up that is.

Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi joint venture Japan Display fires up operations originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hitachi CP-D31N Short-Throw Projector

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Hitachi is proud to announce their latest short-throw projector, the CP-D31N. Adopting the 3LCD display technology, the CP-D31N is able to project an 80-inch image from a distance of only 32-inches. Apart from that, it also provides 1024 x 768 native resolution, 3000 ANSI lumens brightness and 4:3 aspect ratio, and comes with a number of connectivity ports including HDMI, S-Video, Composite, D-Sub, RCA and Stereo Mini Jack. Pricing and release date are still unknown at the moment. [Hitachi]