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Review: StarTech S252SMTB3, Two Bay Thunderbolt HDD/SSD Enclosure

Tom Wyrick — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:00:36 +0000

As many Apple Mac users will attest, the selection of Thunderbolt compatible peripherals on the market is still rather limited. StarTech launches its first attempt at offering a Thunderbolt device with the S252SMTB3, a two bay external drive enclosure. Retailing at $326.99, the device supports up to two 2.5 inch HDDs or SSDs with capacities […]

Technology Techcitement Is Thankful For, 2012 Edition

Justin Davis — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:45:45 +0000

Every year brings new and exciting technology, and this year was no different. As it’s our job here at Techcitement to talk about tech that excites us, we thought we’d put a spotlight on that specific tech that we’re also thankful that exists. Whether it’s some tech that personally affects our daily lives or tech […]

No Known Plans For Flux Capacitors, But Memristors Coming In 2013!

Tom Wyrick — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:20:23 +0000

Electronics Weekly announces a new memory technology in development by HP. The memristor (memory resistor) wafers are expected to be ready to market as a substitute for flash storage within the next 18 months. With continued development, the memristors ultimately serve as a replacement for conventional DRAM and SRAM. Senior Fellow at HP, Stan Williams, […]

OCZ Wants You To Add An SSD To Your PC HDD

Tom Wyrick — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:31:19 +0000

Solid state drive maker OCZ introduces a new product, the Synapse Cache SSD. This drive, available in a 64 GB or 128 GB version, is used with existing hard drives in a PC. Dataplex caching software included on the drive copies data from the hard drive to the SSD as needed for fast access and […]

eBay Says Buy It Now To 100 Terabytes Of SSD Storage

Tom Wyrick — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:40:54 +0000

Online auction giant eBay remedies their growing problem meeting I/O storage requirements with an investment in 100 terabytes of solid state disk storage. Manager of QA Systems Administration, Michael Craft, says “One rack [of SSD storage] is equal to eight or nine racks of something else.” eBay not only saves a considerable amount of physical […]