Lucas Mearian

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Japan quake could hit semiconductor production

Earthquakes of lesser magnitudes, such as a 5.9-magnitude one in 2008 and two quakes measuring 6.0 and 6.8 in 2007, raised similar concerns about the semiconductor industry, according to Objective Analysis

iPad to lead 400 per cent surge in NAND flash this year

The 12.3 exabytes of NAND flash are expected to ship by 2014. When measured against the total supply of NAND flash, memory in tablets will represent 11.8 per cent of the supply this year, up from a 4.3 per cent in 2010

Scientists say 295+ exabytes have been stored to date

A University of Southern California report calculates that the amount of total stored data grew by 23 per cent a year between 1986 and 2007

Sepaton unveils next-gen private cloud OS

Upgraded OS lets its grid-based S2100-ES2 backup and deduplication appliance back up block or file-based traffic

Will iPad 2 get 128GB of storage capacity?

CES: Mock-ups at show indicate the next iPad will look much like the current model. But on the inside, users can expect more storage

Intel releases miniature 80GB SSD

In a dual-drive laptop, the new SSD can improve performance by as much as 60 per cent

Hitachi unveils 500GB, razor-thin laptop hard drive

The company's new Hitachi Travelstar drive squeezes almost 100Gbit per square inch more onto its drive platters. Find out more

Samsung to release new ‘3D’ memory modules

The memory chips are stacked vertically and will offer 50 per cent greater density

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