OCZ, USB 3.0 and Lenovo

OCZ: The focus is at present in solid-state

We met OCZ at the recently inaugurated Aria Hotel for a one on ane coming together where we got to encounter some of their newest and upcoming products. While the company is well known for their system memory solutions, looking into the future it seems their focus is well-nigh exclusively on SSDs, unveiling a new generation of Vertex solid-state drives based on controllers from newcomer SandForce.

For enthusiasts, the MLC-based Vertex two volition come in l, 100, 200, and 400GB capacities and use the SandForce SF-1200 controller. The bulldoze is capable of read and write speeds of 270 and 260MB/southward, respectively, and nine,500 4KB random write IOPS. OCZ will likewise have a Vertex 2 Pro that pairs the enterprise-grade SF-1500 controller with MLC memory for up to 280MB/southward reads and 270MB/s writes, and an impressive 19,000 IOPS rating at 4K random writes.

Finally, offer capacities up to 200GB, the SLC-based Vertex Pro EX boasts the same read and write speed ratings every bit its MLC-based counterpart, but it should perform meliorate with random writes at 25,000 IOPS. Pricing wasn't disclosed for the Vertex 2 drives, but OCZ says they'll be a little more expensive than existing Indilinx-based products when they make it in March.

As you lot might accept defenseless on our news coverage, the visitor also showed a couple of ability supply units, every bit well as their anticipated USB 3.0 external SSD, capable of 188MB/southward read and 130MB/southward write speeds, and the all-new Z-Drive p88, which uses an PCI x8 interface, replaceable MLC NAND wink modules, up to eight Indilinx Barefoot controllers, and peak massive read and write speeds of 1.three and i.2GB/due south.

More USB three.0 from Super Talent, Asus and others

As expected, USB iii.0 was a hot topic at this year's show, with several products certified for the new standard being launched -- including host controllers, adapter cards, motherboards, and difficult drives. Although we couldn't end to see each and every one of them starting time-hand, nosotros did take hold of a glimpse of Super Talent's USB 3.0 RAIDDrive and an USB 3.0-equipped laptop from Asus -- in addition to their motherboard lineup we already knew most.

Lenovo IdeaPad Hybrid and more

The Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid Notebook/Tablet drew a considerable amount of attention at Pepcom'southward Digital Experience sideshow. The device starts out as a standard laptop running Windows vii on a Core 2 Duo CULV processor, but removing the 11.half-dozen-inch brandish lets you apply it equally a stand up-alone Skylight Linux tablet PC, powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon ARM processor with 16GB of wink memory.

The company'due south Hybrid Switch software handles the move betwixt the main processor and the tablet processor, assuasive users to showtime browsing a website in laptop mode and continue where they left off later they detach the screen -- the whole process takes roughly 3 seconds. There were still some quirks hither and there, most notably with the responsiveness of the impact screen, but it still performed quite well for a prototype.

Lenovo also showed a 3D sit-in of Phone call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on its new IdeaPad Y560 using ATI'due south Radeon Hard disk drive 5730 mobile graphics. Other products on display included the Skylight smartbook, a couple of new netbooks in the IdeaPad S10 series, the IdeaCentre A300 all-in-i PC, and several new ThinkPad models.