WD Launches Monster 2 Terabyte (TB) Green Drive, Tested

Today Western Digital is announcing their WD20WEADS hard drive, otherwise known as the WD Caviar Green 2.0TB. With 32MB of onboard cache and special power management algorithms to balance spindle speed and transfer rates, the WD Caviar Green 2 Terabyte monster claims a top rung spot on the density-per-square-inch and power-efficiency ladder.

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New SD Card Spec Supports 2TB Capacities

The SD Association has announced a new card spec dubbed SDXC (eXtended Capacity) that can support memory capacities up to 2TB with read/write speeds to 104MB per second.According to their calculations, that would mean you could store 100 high-def movies, 60 hours of HD recording, or 17,000 fine-mode photos on a portable device.

Again, keep in mind that this is spec at this point—not an actual product. But we could see something based on it as early as next year. Obviously, there aren't many devices out there that could make full use of it right now, but a card with this kind of capacity and bus speeds could pull the industry forward.

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