Micron Technology, Inc., today announced it has begun qualification of the 6550 ION NVMe SSD with customers. The Micron 6550 ION is the world's fastest 60 TB data center SSD and the industry's first E3.S and PCIe Gen 5 60 TB SSD. It follows the success of the award-winning 6500 ION and is engineered to provide best-in-class performance, energy efficiency, endurance, security, and rack density for exascale data center deployments. The 6550 ION excels in high-capacity NVMe workloads such as networked AI data lakes, ingest, data preparation and check pointing, file and object storage, public cloud storage, analytic databases, and content delivery.

"The Micron 6550 ION achieves a remarkable 12 GB/s while using just 20 watts of power, setting a new standard in data center performance and energy efficiency," said Alvaro Toledo, vice president and general manager of Micron's Data Center Storage Group. "Featuring a first-to-market 60 TB capacity in an E3.S form factor and up to 20% better energy efficiency than competitive drives, the Micron 6550 ION is a game-changer for high-capacity storage solutions to address the insatiable capacity and power demands of AI workloads."

Patriot, a leading provider of storage solutions, unveils its latest innovation, the iLuxe for Apple series, centered around advanced flash memory technology. The first product in this lineup, the iLuxe Cube smart backup solution, seamlessly integrates charging and backup functions, offering users a convenient and secure way to manage their photos and videos. With no subscription fees required, iLuxe Cube provides a cost-effective alternative for long-term data storage, helping users avoid hefty monthly cloud storage fees.

The iLuxe Cube smart backup solution features advanced smart backup technology that stores only new, unbacked-up content, ensuring efficient use of storage space. It preserves the original date, time, location tags, and file formats from the time of capture, allowing for accurate and complete restoration. The device supports multiple users, with each member having their own dedicated iPhone ID folder for individual backups, eliminating the risk of data overlap and ensuring data integrity. Its intuitive and efficient design makes the iLuxe Cube an ideal solution for seamless device backups.

MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation, an industry-leading server platform design manufacturer and a subsidiary of MiTAC Holdings Corporation (TSE:3706), today announced the launch of its new high-performance servers, featuring the latest AMD EPYC 9005 Series CPUs and AMD Instinct MI325X accelerators.

"AMD is the trusted data center solutions provider of choice for leading enterprises worldwide, whether they are enabling corporate AI initiatives, building large-scale cloud deployments, or hosting critical business applications on-premises," said Ravi Kuppuswamy, senior vice president, Server Business Unit, AMD. "Our latest 5th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs provide the performance, flexibility and reliability - with compatibility across the x86 data center ecosystem - to deliver tailored solutions that meet the diverse demands of the modern data center."

MaxLinear, Inc., a leading provider of data storage acceleration solutions for enterprise and data center applications, today announced it will demonstrate the advanced compression, encryption, and security performance of its storage acceleration solution, Panther III, at the Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) 2024 trade show from August 6-8, 2024. The demos will show that Panther III can achieve up to 40 times more throughput, up to 190 times better latency, and up to 1000 times less CPU utilization than a software-only solution, leading to significant cost savings in terms of flash drives and needed CPU cores.

MaxLinear's Panther III creates a bold new product category for maximizing the performance of data storage systems - a comprehensive, all-in-one "storage accelerator." Unlike encryption and/or compression solutions, MaxLinear's Panther III consolidates a comprehensive suite of storage acceleration functions, including compression, deduplication, encryption, data protection, and real-time validation, in a single hardware-based solution. Panther III is engineered to offload and expedite specific data processing tasks, thus providing a significant performance boost, storage cost savings, and energy savings compared to traditional software-only, FPGA, and other competitive solutions.

TYAN, an industry leader in server platform design and a subsidiary of MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation, brings its latest AMD EPYC server platforms to the COMPUTEX 2024, Booth # M1120 in Taipei, Taiwan from June 4 to June 7.

"With the advanced capabilities of 4th Gen AMD EPYC Processors, TYAN's AMD EPYC server platforms deliver optimized performance for modern data centers and large-scale AI/HPC infrastructure, ensuring high energy efficiency and robust security," said Rick Hwang, President of MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation. "For the group of smaller businesses and dedicated hosters, TYAN offers AMD EPYC 4004 CPU-based servers that provide cost-effective, user-friendly solutions with enterprise-grade reliability, scalability, and security."

ASUS today announced that new ASUS Chromebook Plus laptops will offer access to one-year of the Google One AI Premium Plan (239.88 USD value), at no extra cost. This offer currently applies to three of our ASUS Chromebook Plus laptops - the ASUS ExpertBook CX54 Chromebook Plus, the ASUS Chromebook Plus CX34, and the ASUS Chromebook Plus CM34 Flip.

The subscription includes Gemini Advanced, which offers access to Google's most capable AI models and exclusive features. It also includes Gemini in Google apps like Docs, Sheets, Slides and Gmail to help make everyday tasks easier. With a simple prompt, get help drafting invites, resumes, and more with AI-powered writing and proofreading tools. Effortlessly create relevant visuals for presentations just by typing a few words, and magically enhance the quality of your video by reducing noise, increasing sharpness, and fixing the lighting. Plus, subscribers get access to 2 TB of secure cloud storage—all in one plan.

TerraMaster, a professional brand that focuses on providing innovative storage products for homes and businesses, recently released new design NAS series F2-212, F4-212 and U4-212, support TRAID, BTRFS file system, Snapshot and TFSS providing stronger data backup and better home multimedia experience, which perfectly meet the requirement of personal and home users. Among the 3 models, the sample of F2-212 for review will be firstly available soon in August.

More Modern Exterior Design
The 212 NAS series adopts brand-new design elements and color matching, and has a more fashionable and modern appearance design, better heat dissipation, lower noise, and more convenient installation and use.

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced the availability of the first hardware samples that support the Linux Foundation's vendor-neutral Software-Enabled Flash Community Project, which is making flash software-defined. The company is expecting to deliver customer samples in August 2023. Built for the demanding needs of hyperscale environments, Software-Enabled Flash technology helps hyperscale cloud providers and storage developers maximize the value of flash memory. The hardware from KIOXIA is the first step to putting this working technology in the hands of developers.

The first running units will be showcased in live demonstrations in the KIOXIA booth (#307) next week at Flash Memory Summit 2023 (FMS 2023). This new class of drive consists of purpose-built, media-centric flash hardware focused on hyperscale requirements that work with an open source API and libraries to provide the needed functionality. By unlocking the power of flash, this technology breaks free from legacy hard disk drive (HDD) protocols and creates a platform specific to flash media in a hyperscale environment.

Introducing Page: our Most Advanced 7" eReader with Built-in Page-Turn Buttons. The BOOX Page is a cutting-edge 7" eReader equipped with our most advanced processor and customizable page-turn buttons. Discover the impressive array of features on our newest model below.

A Supercharged Journey of eReading
With its Qualcomm advanced octa-core CPU and enhanced configuration of 3 GB RAM + 32 GB ROM, the all-new Page guarantees an incredibly smooth experience while reading ebooks, browsing websites, or using third-party apps, which is made possible by the open Android 11 system it operates on. The 7-inch ePaper screen comes with the E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen technology, replicating the sensation of reading on traditional paper. With a 300 PPI high definition, each word is presented with extra sharpness and more distinct contrast, resulting in a gentler visual effect and diminished strain on the eyes.

Synology today announced the release of BeeDrive, a compact data hub that backs up personal files and photos from your computer, phone, and tablet simultaneously. In less than three minutes of setup, any PC user can start protecting their files with BeeDrive at fast local transfer speeds, while ensuring complete data privacy and ownership. "Every one of us is generating an unprecedented amount of data on various personal devices today. Better cameras and new photo or video formats, in particular, are eating up our phone or cloud storage space faster than ever," said David Hu, product manager at Synology Inc.

"Internet upload speeds never caught up with the explosive growth in personal data, making it increasingly slower and more costly to store all our files in the cloud, especially if we just want to back up or archive old files elsewhere or exchange files between our personal devices," Hu said. "This is why we want to offer a local, private alternative."

We are excited to announce the launch of Poke5, the new member of our 6" eReader lineup. Here you will learn more about the compact eReader with an optimized new design. Poke5 boasts an unparalleled screen-to-body ratio, thanks to its optimized internal construction. Its design prioritizes a refined experience with better grip and viewing comfort. Its 6" touchscreen features E Ink Carta technology with 300 PPI, which mimics the feel of reading on paper and reduces eye fatigue.

Even with the magnetic cover attached, the compact design fits comfortably in the palm of your hand. Additionally, the flush screen design makes the core component of the ePaper screen resistant to impact. The device offers ample storage space for all of your digital content with its upgraded configuration of 2 GB RAM + 32 GB ROM. It also provides expandable storage options through a microSD card or USB-C flash drive. Furthermore, every user can enjoy 10 GB of free cloud storage for Onyx cloud services upon registration.

Seagate is celebrating the debut shipment of very sophisticated storage solutions to a preferred client (dealing in the cloud data center sector). These 30+ terabyte hard drives are based on heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology - the American data storage company is setting up its next generation Corvault range with the thermal magnetic recording methodology. The first shipment of HAMR-based drives is reported to consist of final qualification samples, but Seagate is anticipating that fully verified equipment - after trial customers give this new product lineup a thumbs-up - will be generating revenue in the coming weeks.

According to a transcript of a recent Seagate financial meeting conference call, CEO Dave Mosley mentioned a dip in business as well as a costly legal settlement, but expects company fortunes to rise due to client uptake of breakthrough storage technologies: "Beyond this cycle, we remain excited about the long-term opportunities presented by the secular growth of data and the relevance of mass capacity storage as new data-centric applications emerge and more workloads migrate to the cloud. We continue to make strong progress on our industry-leading technology road map, including launching HAMR-based products this quarter, which we believe put us in outstanding longer-term position."

Western Digital has declared that its My Cloud online service has been compromised by a group of hackers late last month: "On March 26, 2023, Western Digital identified a network security incident involving Western Digital's systems. In connection with the ongoing incident, an unauthorized third party gained access to a number of the Company's systems. Upon discovery of the incident, the Company implemented incident response efforts and initiated an investigation with the assistance of leading outside security and forensic experts. This investigation is in its early stages and Western Digital is coordinating with law enforcement authorities."

The statement, issued on April 4, continues: "The Company is implementing proactive measures to secure its business operations including taking systems and services offline and will continue taking additional steps as appropriate. As part of its remediation efforts, Western Digital is actively working to restore impacted infrastructure and services. Based on the investigation to date, the Company believes the unauthorized party obtained certain data from its systems and is working to understand the nature and scope of that data. While Western Digital is focused on remediating this security incident, it has caused and may continue to cause disruption to parts of the Company's business operations."