by Mark Hachman 11.10.08
A number of disk-drive OEMs plan to embrace full-disk encryption as a security measure this coming week, according to industry sources. On Monday, Seagate, Dell, and McAfee announced a partnership. But Hitachi also plans to announce an FDE drive this week, along with a third drive maker. FDE drives perform the same functions as software encryption, but use an on-chip cryptographic unit to encode the drive's contents. The idea is to secure the drive in case it or a notebook containing the drive is lost, preventing the drive's data from being seen by unfriendly eyes. A laptop is stolen every 52 seconds, according to a 2007 study by the FBI. Almost none are ever recovered. At press time, a spokeswoman for Hitachi said that the company had not decided to make a formal announcement on Monday, or wait until later in the week. Seagate, meanwhile, said it had begun shipping the first 320-Gbyte and 500-Gbyte FDE 2.5-inch Momentus notebook drives, available in either in 5,400 or 7,200-RPM speeds, which are available on a range of Dell Latitude notebooks, Precision mobile workstations, and a single Optiplex desktop. They will be managed by McAfee's management console, the companies said.
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Monday, November 10, 2008
AMD Announces Broad Software Ecosystem Support for 'Shanghai'
By IT News Online Staff 11-10-2008
AMD has announced ecosystem support by leading x86 operating system (OS) and virtualization partners for the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor, codenamed 'Shanghai'. Built on 45 nm process technology, the enhanced processor will offer innovations for AMD software partners like Microsoft, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems and VMware specifically designed to improve OS and virtualization performance. Strategic improvements in comparison to 65 nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors include a larger L3 memory cache, and features designed to further optimize application performance in virtualized environments. The new AMD Opteron processor is uniquely architected to handle more memory-intensive applications while also enabling customers to operate a flexible and scalable IT infrastructure. "AMD is seeing rapid industry growth and demand for cutting edge technologies such as cloud computing and virtualization," said Earl Stahl, vice president, Software Development, AMD. "As a result of our ongoing collaboration with software partners, AMD customers can soon easily upgrade to the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor. Enterprise customers can leverage the ongoing enhanced performance and features like AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) technology that AMD continues to deliver, while protecting the investments made to their current software infrastructure."
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AMD has announced ecosystem support by leading x86 operating system (OS) and virtualization partners for the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor, codenamed 'Shanghai'. Built on 45 nm process technology, the enhanced processor will offer innovations for AMD software partners like Microsoft, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems and VMware specifically designed to improve OS and virtualization performance. Strategic improvements in comparison to 65 nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors include a larger L3 memory cache, and features designed to further optimize application performance in virtualized environments. The new AMD Opteron processor is uniquely architected to handle more memory-intensive applications while also enabling customers to operate a flexible and scalable IT infrastructure. "AMD is seeing rapid industry growth and demand for cutting edge technologies such as cloud computing and virtualization," said Earl Stahl, vice president, Software Development, AMD. "As a result of our ongoing collaboration with software partners, AMD customers can soon easily upgrade to the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor. Enterprise customers can leverage the ongoing enhanced performance and features like AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) technology that AMD continues to deliver, while protecting the investments made to their current software infrastructure."
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Rambus Wants To Stop NVIDIA Products From Selling In US
by Visionary November 7 2008
Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed memory architectures, today announced it has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) requesting the commencement of an investigation pertaining to NVIDIA products. The complaint seeks an exclusion order barring the importation, sale for importation, or sale after importation of products that infringe nine Rambus patents from the Ware and Barth families of patents. The accused products include NVIDIA products that incorporate DDR, DDR2, DDR3, LPDDR, GDDR, GDDR2, and GDDR3 memory controllers, including graphics processors, and media and communications processors. The complaint names NVIDIA as a proposed respondent, as well as companies whose products incorporate accused NVIDIA products and are imported into the United States. These respondents include: Asustek Computer Inc. and Asus Computer International, BFG Technologies, Biostar Microtech and Biostar Microtech International Corp., Diablotek Inc., EVGA Corp., G.B.T. Inc. and Giga-Byte Technology Co., Hewlett-Packard, MSI Computer Corp. and Micro-Star International Co., Palit Multimedia Inc. and Palit Microsystems Ltd., Pine Technology Holdings, and Sparkle Computer Co.
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Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed memory architectures, today announced it has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) requesting the commencement of an investigation pertaining to NVIDIA products. The complaint seeks an exclusion order barring the importation, sale for importation, or sale after importation of products that infringe nine Rambus patents from the Ware and Barth families of patents. The accused products include NVIDIA products that incorporate DDR, DDR2, DDR3, LPDDR, GDDR, GDDR2, and GDDR3 memory controllers, including graphics processors, and media and communications processors. The complaint names NVIDIA as a proposed respondent, as well as companies whose products incorporate accused NVIDIA products and are imported into the United States. These respondents include: Asustek Computer Inc. and Asus Computer International, BFG Technologies, Biostar Microtech and Biostar Microtech International Corp., Diablotek Inc., EVGA Corp., G.B.T. Inc. and Giga-Byte Technology Co., Hewlett-Packard, MSI Computer Corp. and Micro-Star International Co., Palit Multimedia Inc. and Palit Microsystems Ltd., Pine Technology Holdings, and Sparkle Computer Co.
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