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Toshiba Launches First 512 GB SSD

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Toshiba announces the industry’s first 2.5-inch 512 GB SSD.

Just weeks before CES 2009, a time when companies get to showcase their newest products side by side, Toshiba pulls an ace out of its sleeve by unveiling its new 512 GB SSD. The new drive has double the capacity of any previously announced 2.5-inch SSD, but unfortunately it seems the drive will be just for show right now, as mass production is not planned until the second quarter of 2009.

Alongside the new 512 GB SSD, Toshiba also announced today new 64 GB, 128 GB and 256 GB SSDs in 2.5-inch, 1.8-inch and flash module form-factors. All the new SSDs use Toshiba’s second-generation SSD technology, featuring 43 nm Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND memory, along with fast sequential read and write speeds of up to 240 MB/s and 200 MB/s, respectively.

The new SSDs also include AES data encryption, a Mean Time to Fail (MTTF) of one million hours and are equipped with a serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s interface. Samples of the new drives will be available in the first quarter of 2009, but as for price, all we know is that Toshiba will be targeting consumers with these new drives. Toshiba expects SSDs to make up 10-percent of the notebook market by 2010 and 25-percent of the notebook market by 2012. With the introduction of high-performance 512 GB SSDs, the only advantage traditional notebook hard drives still seem to have any more is a low cost.

Please find below a chart comparing a select few high-capacity SSDs.  Speeds are according to manufacture’s specifications.


SizesMax Seq. ReadMax Seq. WriteForm FactorSSD Type
Toshiba’s New SSD
64 to 512 GB
240 MB/s
200 MB/s
2.5-inch
MLC
Toshiba’s Previous SSD256 GB
120 MB/s   
70 MB/s
2.5-inchMLC
Super Talent UltraDrive ME16 to 256 GB
200 MB/s
160 MB/s
2.5-inchMLC
Samsung SSD256 GB
220 MB/s
200 MB/s
2.5-inchMLC
OCZ Vertex
30 to 250 GB
200 MB/s
160 MB/s
2.5-inchMLC
Micron SSD256 GB
250 MB/s    100 MB/s    2.5-inchMLC
Intel X25-E32, 64 GB250 MB/s    170 MB/s    2.5-inchSLC
Intel X25-M80, 160 GB250 MB/s    70 MB/s    2.5-inchMLC

Tom’s Hardware will be covering CES 2009 (January 8-11th), so be sure to check back then for more details and product photos.

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david007 19/12/2008 10:39
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Warning: Undercover Black Deeds in Japanese Corporations
by David Schneider, email: david_lawyer@walla.com
Japanese companies are famous for their high-quality service provided worldwide. Any partner of a Japanese company expects a discreet and trustworthy business way. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look as it seems.
In our case, Japanese corporations’ representatives working in Russia and the CIS have elaborated an excellent fraud scheme including money-laundering, kickback clients and employees, asset misappropriation etc.
The scheme runs as follows:
1. Toshiba Corporation serving as a cover generally doesn’t sign official distribution contracts in Russia and the CIS. Russian nationals such as Mr. Vadim Danilov (Toshiba fake official trader) are hired by the corporation. In addition, all transactions are based on pledging Toshiba managers’ word of honor.
2. An “official” supplier – NAC Trading Ltd. - delivering appliances to Media Markt Saturn, located in Moscow, doesn’t have any procuration from Toshiba Corporation.
3. Defective appliances covered by an insurance company are sent to Russia from a warehouse Kouvola, Finland as new ones via a fake Toshiba trader.


4. Toshiba Corporation issues invoices on official blanks in which written payment requisites of third parties (Nana Europe OY) responsible for payment transfers to Toshiba Corporation and MCLOGI (Mitsubishi Corporation LT, Inc.).
5. It is strongly recommended by the Japanese companies to make all payments using off-shore banks since Toshiba prefers not to be responsible for anything if its Russian clients have any claims and complaints.
6. So, there is a bundle: Toshiba Corporation (Supplier) represented by Mr. Natsume – MCLOGI (delivering service) represented by Mr. Baba – Nana Europe OY (Toshiba “agent” in Finland supplying appliances to Russia) represented by Mr. Ogawa – NAC Trading Ltd. (Nana Europe branch in Russia responsible for financial flows in Russia), at a final stage RCAS (a private company of Mr. Baba and Mr. Natsume) located in Estonia transfers the cleaned funds from off-shore banks to Toshiba and MCLOGI.
To sum-up, it has been shown that the Japanese corporations use fraud schemes and transactions to snatch large sums and frame up hired managers and Russian big companies.

Anonymous 19/12/2008 11:00
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Stoic Toshiba


Does anyone suppose Toshiba is nervous of every telephone ring from Russian side? We are full of suggests that Toshiba is suppressing a yawn accepting our claim clauses read both ways:

No one would believe in Japan in such a tale about ‘scamming Toshiba employees’ as the Japanese Toshiba has really the Great more than 130 years History.

In Russian Toshiba the facts of ‘grey (half legal)’ import and money laundering are rather habitual topics and practice to study during the agendum of a boring usual working day.

Toshiba managers in Russia ensue to peace and beauty in everyday’s life – so they prefer to keep roaring silence in contact with ‘noisy customers ’: not a sigh was uttered about our ‘libel’ on Toshiba managers business style and doubtful activities between Finland Kouvola Stock and phantom recipients of Toshiba goods in Russia .

The Toshiba Singapore secretary is monotonously declaring in a level voice that no one is available in Toshiba Consumer Marketing Singapore. She (secretary) never name herself because ‘she is not in charge of anything’ as she is newcomer. ‘Old comers of Toshiba Consumer Marketing’ are patiently and constantly waiting for something in different Thailand airports…

In Toshiba Representative office in Moscow no one can reply us, as they are ‘not juridical persons’ and so called ‘managers’ feel it more and more every day: because the General Manager Mr. Koji Mori gave the oral order to talk with us only ‘through lawyer’ who has no power of attorney to represent Toshiba’s interests. Mr. Koichiro Natsume probably became the modern ‘man of nowhere’: no one In Toshiba Corporation knows where he is established during the day time. We have got from Toshiba Consumer Marketing Tokyo Office some sideway backgrounds that he is somewhere between two countries: Japan and Singapore. We are longing to hear his artistically optimistic voice and to see his impetuous ‘import-export-laundering’ business activities… But it seems no one may take the Name of Mr. Koichiro Natsume in vain while he is not in vein for dealing with us…

MC Logi ‘headquarters’ are unreachable for simple people. Probably they are already busy in counting ‘income’ from some other victim of their ‘business endeavors’ between Thailand-Singapore-Finland-Russia.
We decided to alert new born companies that incidences of International scams are not being reduced. Moreover, scams are becoming more and more increasingly implying tricky. And it is just unbelievable for new born companies to notice, understand and accept that they are being just scammed by the great, more than one hundred years old, Japan Manufacturers and Corporations. The scams are coming from overseas, so it is really difficult to obtain through phone or e-mail negotiations exact and true information on the opposing parties if they are far away from Russia and if their managers are constantly ‘sitting in airports’ after receiving money… And even if it is well noticed that the opposite party behaves doubtfully or suspiciously – victims tend and sometimes even prefer to convince themselves: the possibilities of misunderstandings are based on differences in culture, language, business practice, or just on differences between time zones. Sometimes it is really not easy to get a grasp of the situation due to the potential difference in domestic and international procedures, so the quantity of victims tends to be arisen as the tenth wave, but at the moment described as ‘the bird has flown away’…

Anonymous 19/12/2008 11:02
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Stoic Toshiba
by David Schneider email: david_lawyer@walla.com
Does anyone suppose Toshiba is nervous of every telephone ring from Russian side? We are full of suggests that Toshiba is suppressing a yawn accepting our claim clauses read both ways:
No one would believe in Japan in such a tale about ‘scamming Toshiba employees’ as the Japanese Toshiba has really the Great more than 130 years History.
In Russian Toshiba the facts of ‘grey (half legal)’ import and money laundering are rather habitual topics and practice to study during the agendum of a boring usual working day.
Toshiba managers in Russia ensue to peace and beauty in everyday’s life – so they prefer to keep roaring silence in contact with ‘noisy customers ’: not a sigh was uttered about our ‘libel’ on Toshiba managers business style and doubtful activities between Finland Kouvola Stock and phantom recipients of Toshiba goods in Russia .
The Toshiba Singapore secretary is monotonously declaring in a level voice that no one is available in Toshiba Consumer Marketing Singapore. She (secretary) never name herself because ‘she is not in charge of anything’ as she is newcomer. ‘Old comers of Toshiba Consumer Marketing’ are patiently and constantly waiting for something in different Thailand airports…
In Toshiba Representative office in Moscow no one can reply us, as they are ‘not juridical persons’ and so called ‘managers’ feel it more and more every day: because the General Manager Mr. Koji Mori gave the oral order to talk with us only ‘through lawyer’ who has no power of attorney to represent Toshiba’s interests. Mr. Koichiro Natsume probably became the modern ‘man of nowhere’: no one In Toshiba Corporation knows where he is established during the day time. We have got from Toshiba Consumer Marketing Tokyo Office some sideway backgrounds that he is somewhere between two countries: Japan and Singapore. We are longing to hear his artistically optimistic voice and to see his impetuous ‘import-export-laundering’ business activities… But it seems no one may take the Name of Mr. Koichiro Natsume in vain while he is not in vein for dealing with us…
MC Logi ‘headquarters’ are unreachable for simple people. Probably they are already busy in counting ‘income’ from some other victim of their ‘business endeavors’ between Thailand-Singapore-Finland-Russia.
We decided to alert new born companies that incidences of International scams are not being reduced. Moreover, scams are becoming more and more increasingly implying tricky. And it is just unbelievable for new born companies to notice, understand and accept that they are being just scammed by the great, more than one hundred years old, Japan Manufacturers and Corporations. The scams are coming from overseas, so it is really difficult to obtain through phone or e-mail negotiations exact and true information on the opposing parties if they are far away from Russia and if their managers are constantly ‘sitting in airports’ after receiving money… And even if it is well noticed that the opposite party behaves doubtfully or suspiciously – victims tend and sometimes even prefer to convince themselves: the possibilities of misunderstandings are based on differences in culture, language, business practice, or just on differences between time zones. Sometimes it is really not easy to get a grasp of the situation due to the potential difference in domestic and international procedures, so the quantity of victims tends to be arisen as the tenth wave, but at the moment described as ‘the bird has flown away’…

mi1ez 20/12/2008 14:16
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