dailytech.com - 11/25/2008
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WD sees two categories for SSD market including low-end and high-end realms
insidehw.com - 11/30/2008
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insidehw.com —
Intel was always innovator in IT industry even
if we don’t consider microprocessor manufacturing. Intel is “guilty”...
for many IT standards that we all use every day. Some of them become widely accepted and some don’t (BTX for ...
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theregister.co.uk - 11/24/2008
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theregister.co.uk —
Comment Western Digital is open to entering the
solid state drive (SSD) market when it presents "appropriate...
opportunity." Richard Rutledge, Western Digital's SVP for marketing, clarified the position on SSDs. He set the scene thus: "Western Digital ...
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Western Digital opens door to flash • The Register
trustedreviews.com - 12/2/2008
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Western Digital to Consider SSDs
Overclockers Club news Feed —
... drives as well, instead of the upcoming solid state drives. Western Digital, though, is now considering the market value in these new drives and thinking in terms of low-end and high-end. The low-end that the company is considering is the market for SSDs used in consumer handheld devices, such as phones. The high-end market consists of SSDs that are aimed at performance applications, where the drives exceed the $200 price range. The hard drive maker currently sees an opportunity to benefit from the new drives, but is being cautious about the switch until SSDs ...
Western Digital Could Enter SSD Market
APH Networks —
... and cameras. The high-end market is described as SSDs aimed at performance applications where the drivers are over $199 each.
Rutledge thinks that a new category of consumer handheld mobile platforms will crop up that slot in between the typical smartphone and the netbook. The platform would have a larger screen that the smartphone in the area of 7-inches to 9-inches, but smaller than that of the netbook. The product category is dubbed “smartbook” by Rutledge.
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Needs 'appropriate opportunity' Comment Western Digital is open to entering the solid state drive (SSD) market when it presents "appropriate opportunity."… Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms