Transcend Is Honored with Five Taiwan Excellence Awards 2019

Transcend Information, Inc. (Transcend®), a worldwide leader in storage and multimedia products, is proud to announce that five of its state-of-the art products have been awarded the 2019 Taiwan Excellence Award for their innovation. With industry-leading technical experience and expertise, Transcend has received the 15th consecutive year of Taiwan Excellence Awards. This year, the awarded products include the StoreJet® 25M3G hard drive, JetDrive™ 855 SSD upgrade kit for Mac®, StoreJet 600 portable SSD, DrivePro™ 550 dashcam, and DrivePro Body 60 body camera.

The "2019 Taiwan Excellence Award" was organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) of Taiwan. Taiwan Excellence winners represent the most revolutionary, high quality, and high value added products made by Taiwanese companies. As a leading global storage brand, Transcend will continuously provide diverse storage solutions tailored to the needs of consumer market and embedded applications.

StoreJet 25M3G Portable Hard Drive

Transcend's portable hard drives have been the best selling products over years. This year, the award-winning StoreJet 25M3G is equipped with a SuperSpeed USB 3.1 Gen 1 interface that allows users to store and back up their files with amazing transfer speeds. Featuring three-stage shock protection system that meets U.S. military drop-test standards, the StoreJet 25M3G offers a comprehensive data protection stored in the drive.

Apple Solutions: JetDrive 855 PCIe SSD & StoreJet 600 Portable SSD

The JetDrive 855 features as its storage media the JetDrive 850 PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe SSD with compelling read and write speeds of up to 1,600MB/s and 1,400MB/s, and is made of the latest 3D NAND flash. The JetDrive 855 includes a sleek aluminum Thunderbolt™ enclosure for a simple upgrade experience, perfect as an upgrade for a MacBook Pro®, MacBook Air®, Mac mini®, or Mac Pro®.

The other winning product, StoreJet 600 Portable SSD for Mac®, is housed in a stunning metallic casing. This light, durable, and fashionable portable SSD matches the sleek lines and elegant curves of Mac devices. The StoreJet 600 features the latest USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface and pre-formatted HFS+ file system, allowing it to be used right out of the box.

DrivePro 550 Dashcam

DrivePro 550 Dashcam features a dual lens camera and a large 160° viewing angle, thus the dashcam can simultaneously capture what is happening on the road and inside the vehicle. The DrivePro 550's front lens is equipped with a Sony image sensor for crystal clear images; the rear lens camera has four infrared LEDs that turn on automatically in dim light. These and other features mean the DrivePro 550 offers optimum protection inside and outside of the vehicle.

DrivePro Body 60 Body Camera

The DrivePro Body 60 body camera, the state-of-the-art POV tethered camera, is designed specifically for military and public safety professionals. The camera is fitted with a Sony image sensor that captures clear, high-resolution imagery. The built-in GPS/GLONASS receiver enables the geotagging of video footage and images. The DrivePro Body 60 is equipped with a high-capacity lithium battery, meets IP67 standards for dust and water resistance, and is shock and drop resistant. Used in tandem with the exclusive DrivePro Body App, the camera allows for device settings and images to be easily managed via mobile devices.

Note: Mac®, MacBook Pro®, MacBook Air®, Mac mini®, and Mac Pro® are trademarks of Apple Inc.; Thunderbolt™ is a trademark of Intel Inc. The JetDrive series is compatible with many Mac models and MacOS versions. Please visit the Transcend website for more information.

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Renew Your Old Hard Drives with Apacer AD100/AD300 2.5" HDD/SSD Enclosures

Do your hard drives become idle when you upgraded your computer? Instead of having them retired, with Apacer AD100 and AD300 external enclosures, they can serve new purposes! Equipped with SATA III and USB 3.1 Gen 1 high speed interface with UASP, both models come with enhanced transmission speeds that are up to 400MB per second. AD100 is built with high-strength steel and plastic for better protection. AD300, on the other hand, is crafted with aluminum alloy, complete with especially designed cooling holes for better heat dissipation. Both enclosures are built with tool-free designs for fast installation, easily turning the unused hard drives into external storage solutions.

AD100

A Reviver to the Unused Hard Drives with Top Performance

The brand new AD100 and AD300 external enclosures are designed especially for 9.5mm and 7mm 2.5-inch HDD/SSD. The SATA III and USB 3.1 Gen 1 interface with UASP significantly improve the transmission performance which is test proven to reach 400MB/s* when operating with a SSD, representing a 73% increase in read speed compared to an enclosure without UASP. Also, the read speed can reach 100MB/s when operated with a conventional hard drive. AD100 and AD300 make your unused hard drives become high-speed portable storage solutions.

*Actual speeds may vary by hard drive specification and operation environment.

AD300

High-strength Material for Better Protection

Compared with conventional hard drives, which tend to be built with a mechanical structure that is vulnerable to shocks during movements, AD100 adopts high-strength steel and plastic to ensure better protection. The textured surface on the back of AD100 ensures a fine touch that reduces slide accidents. The exterior of AD300 is built with aluminum alloy that has a matte finish for better hand grip while preventing fingerprints. For better heat dissipation performance, Apacer especially deign cooling holes on the side of AD300, effectively increasing air ventilation, keeping the operation smooth with longer lifespan.

3-step Tool-Free Installation

For convenient installation, AD100 and AD300 are both designed to be “tool-free”. You can replace hard drives and back up files with just 3 steps. A safety switch designed on the side of AD300 allows fast opening and removal, at the same time securely keeping the hard drive inside.

AD100, constructed as slim as 13mm for better portability, is available in black, while AD300 is in silver which presents high-tech and fashion style. Combining functionality, safety and fine design, AD100 and AD300 will be your perfect partner for external storage!

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Plextor: Talks about the History of Hard Drives

The history of hard drives dates back almost 60 years. Plextor, the global leading brand of high-performance digital storage devices, answered the customers' needs for the replacement of aging hard-drive technology with higher speed storage with the debut of its first SSD in 2009. In response to demand for our acclaimed SSDs, PLEXTOR is undertaking an aggressive expansion program and operating in more markets worldwide. Here Plextor talks about the history of hard drives and unveil some interesting facts and figures about the evolution.

1956 - The first hard drive to use rotating magnetic plates for data storage

CAPACITY: 5MB

STORAGE MEDIUM: 24-inch magnetic plates (1 200 RPM)

ACCESS TIME: 600 ms

At that time, one hard drive with its electromechanical systems weighed near one tonne and consisted of 50 magnetic plates. They were handled by a single head. It was the main reason of extra-long data access time. IBM 350 unit could have been rented from the manufacturer with average monthly equivalent of approximately 28 thousand dollars. A hypothetical scenario of Windows 10 (64-bit) system installation on a drive would require connection of 4096 units to obtain the necessary 20 GB disk space

1970 - The first disk drive to use error correction system

CAPACITY: 100 MB

STORAGE MEDIUM: 14-inch magnetic plates (3 600 RPM)

ACCESS TIME: 30-55 ms

The storage medium case of IBM 3330 drive was replaceable disk modules consisting of 11 magnetic plates. It was possible to move and store them. The data transfer rate was approximately 806 KB/s. The final IBM 3330 Model 11 of 1974 cost approximately 418 thousand dollars.

1976 - The first drive with SSD characteristic - no moving, mechanical components

CAPACITY: From 256 KB to 2 MB

STORAGE MEDIUM: ferrite memory

ACCESS TIME: 0,75-2 ms

In the 1970s, even before first NAND flash memory modules were developed, magnetic ferrite memory was considered an attractive alternative for media using magnetic plates. Its main advantage was fast data access time. Bulk Core unit could hold up to eight memory modules, each of them having a 256 KB capacity. The basic version with a single module cost some $40 thousand. 1 TB of data would cost about $1.6 billion.

1980 -The first HDD that was able to fit in the PC enclosure

CAPACITY: 5 MB

STORAGE MEDIUM: magnetic plates (3 600 RPM)

ACCESS TIME: 85 ms

The disc format comes from the 5.25" floppy disks developed at the end of the 1970s. The drive weighed 3.2 kg and was considered as the peak of miniaturization that day. It consisted of two magnetic plates supported by four heads. It was connected to the computer through the controller. The data transfer rate was approximately 655 KB/s.

1988 - The first hard drive to use the 2.5" format

CAPACITY: 20MB

STORAGE MEDIUM: magnetic plates

ACCESS TIME: 23 ms

PrairieTek company, that created the first hard disk suitable for use in a laptop, has not succeeded on the market and gone bankrupt in 1990. The real boom for 2.5" hard drives occurred only during the first decade of the 21st century, when laptops became more and more popular. Today the 2.5" format is a standard on the SSD drives market.

1995 - Usage of NAND Flash memory in the role of a reliable storage medium

CAPACITY: from 16 MB to 896 MB

STORAGE MEDIUM: NAND Flash memory

ACCESS TIME: below 0.1 ms

The first FFD drives (Fast Flash Drive) used the SCSI interface and had a desktop computer format of 3.5". Because of very high prices, the FFD drives never gained popularity among ordinary PC users. They were used by the defense industry and became popular as storage medium in aircraft flight data recorders.

2007 - The first affordable and highly available hard drive with a capacity of 1 TB

CAPACITY: 1 TB

STORAGE MEDIUM: magnetic plates (7 200 RPM)

ACCESS TIME: 8,5 ms

The Hitachi company was first to produce a 1 TB HDD, but was caught up by its competitors in the same year. The first drive with a capacity of 1 TB had 5 plates supported by 10 heads. In 2007 one HDD weighing 700 g had a capacity, for which in 1956 approximately 200 thousand IBM 350 drives would be required. They would weigh as much as two nuclear Nimitz class aircraft carriers.

2015 - Solid State Drives are highly available for ordinary users nowadays

CAPACITY: from 128 GB to 1 TB

STORAGE MEDIUM: different types of NAND Flash memory (MLC, SLC.TLC)

ACCESS TIME: below 0.1 ms

Even affordable SSD drives are several times faster than HDDs. On the market there are solid state drives using various interfaces (SATA 6 Gb/s, PCIe, M2). The most common is however the universal 2.5" SATA, such as Plextor M6V. The boot-up of Windows 10 operating system with a SSD typically takes less than ten seconds. Games and programs installed on the SSD run faster than those installed on the HDD. Modern SSD drives are just as reliable and have a similar life cycle as HDD drives. Through the use of such technologies as PlexTurbo 3.0 in Plextor drives, you can extend their life cycle, reducing wear of flash memory cells.

PLEXTOR's award-winning products and reputation for excellence are, and will continue to be, reflections of our four fundamental values.

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Thecus NAS Solutions at Computex 2015

Thecus Technology Corp. has announced that it will be attending Computex 2015 in Taipei, Taiwan from June 2nd – June 6th. Thecus will be demonstrating its groundbreaking storage solutions including the recently released N5810PRO, a high performance 5-bay NAS that includes a built in Mini-UPS, 5 LAN ports, and a host of new features.

"Computex provides a great venue for us unveil our latest technologies and display existing products," said Florence Shih, CEO of Thecus. "Users will be able to experience our wide range of NAS solutions for home, small/medium business, and enterprise uses."

Thecus will unveil two breakthrough SMB/Enterprise solutions including a 7-bay tower NAS as well as an 8-bay rackmount unit. These NAS will be powered by the Intel Core i3 processor, 4GB of built-in memory that can be upgraded to a maximum of 32GB, and come 10G-ready.

Thecus will also be displaying its full line-up of Windows-based products which feature a rich set of functions that enable users to deploy Windows Storage Server functions including Data Deduplication, Active Directory, and cloud based services such as Azure and Office 365.

Visit Thecus at the Nangang Exhibition Center Booth J0830. For marketing inquiries, please contact us via email: marketing@thecus.com

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Thecus unveils New Zero-Crash 5-Bay NAS, the N5810PRO

Thecus announced its new zero-crash 5-bay NAS, the N5810PRO. Embedded with an Intel® Celeron™ processor J1900 Quad Core 2.0 GHz SoC and Mini-UPS battery, the Thecus N5810PRO empowers users with lightning fast performance while providing impenetrable data integrity.

“In today’s ever-evolving digital environment, businesses require robust storage solutions that provide premium performance with piece of mind that their data will always be secure,” said Florence Shih, CEO of Thecus Technology. “The N5810PRO is designed to equip users with a comprehensive set of applications that will optimize their business environment while addressing the needs for performance and security.”

Powered by the Intel Celeron processor, 4 GB DDR3 RAM (expandable to 8GB), and equipped with 5 Gigabit LAN ports, the N5810PRO reaches blazing throughput speeds of up to 500 MB/s. The N5810PRO supports seven modes of link aggregation including fault tolerance for resilience and port-trunking modes for increased performance. Built to grow with your business, total storage can be expanded to 40TB, while support for VMware®, Citrix®, and Microsoft Hyper-V® allow for seamless integration into a businesses’ virtualization environment.

“The integration of the Intel Celeron processor J1900 Quad Core 2.0 GHz SoC with the Thecus N5810PRO enables users to simultaneously utilize the many features of the NAS while maintaining a high-performance environment,” said Bev Crair, Vice President, Data Center Group and General Manager, Storage Group, Intel Corporation. “The N5810PRO is another example of successful collaborative products from Intel and Thecus.”

In order to protect your data in the occurrence of a sudden power outage, the N5810PRO is outfitted with a lithium-ion mini-UPS, allowing the system to store unwritten data to the hard disks and safely shut down. The new 5-bay NAS also supports an array of backup features including Data Guard for local and remote backups, Data Burn, and Snapshot Backup using the Btrfs file system. Users can now enjoy enhanced storage functionality while simplifying storage management.

The N5810PRO runs on the intuitive, easy-to-use Thecus OS5 operating system. The re-tooled software includes VPN Server for secure remote access and Disk Clone and Wipe for convenient data management. Users will also be able to enjoy a comprehensive set of entertainment features facilitated by HDMI output and Kodi for multimedia playback and mobile access with the powerful Thecus mobile app, T-OnTheGo.

For more information about the product(s), please visit the Thecus website (click here).

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KINGMAX with full range of Storage Solutions for Corporate Users

As the demand increase on Storage devices, the KINGMAX, a vertically integrated RAM/memory card module manufacturer, is happy to announce that it has developed a complete range of storage products catering specifically to the industrial PC sector. While the IPC and industrial control market is poised to grow further on the back of ever-expanding applications, KINGMAX will keep up its innovative R&D to meet the rapidly growing demand. Leveraging more than 20 years of R&D and manufacturing expertise, KINGMAX now stands out as a premium one-stop supplier of industrial-grade FLASH storage products: SSDs, eMMC/eMCP/eSSDs, SD/CF cards and DRAMs. They not only come with state-of-the-art specifications but also have undergone the most stringent performance tests and safety verification.

"Our decision in early 2012 to start focusing on making embedded storage products for the industrial market is now paying off," KINGMAX CEO Joe Liu said. "Given higher barriers to entry, solutions meant for IPC, digital signage, POS, kiosk and other applications also bring higher profit margins." Reliability and stability to the essential features required of seemingly divergent but equally demanding IPC settings. KINGMAX makes an utterly reliable supplier as it commands vertical integration across the board from product design to production. Moreover, this self-sufficiency accords KINGMAX the capability to provide customers with whatever tailor-made solutions they may want. A market veteran keenly aware of customer needs, KINGMAX is always meticulously exact about different product requirements for different industrial environments. For instance, its products are designed to work in operation temperatures ranging from -55°C to 85°C, depending on the environment or application they are assigned to.

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KINGMAX introduced SME Xvalue for HDD-to-SSD Upgrade

Another ringing on the bells from KINGMAX launches its high-performance, high-quality SSDs are increasingly the preferred choice. The SME SATA III 2.5” SSDs make a timely debut as many must be considering a replacement or upgrade of their HDDs. For most end users, performance is hardly the ultimate determinant for choosing between the two storage devices, empirical studies show. But they know SSDs are faster than HDDs and that the former does speed up their system both during booting and in operation.

An exceptionally attractive cost-performance ratio justifies SME as a bargain. This is especially the case with those who would rather go for a partial refresh as an across-the-board upgrade of their existing old devices seems hardly warranted. Pitted against comparable HDD counterparts, it stands out with an ultra-low cost per IOPS and extraordinary operational efficiency on the same measure of power consumption.

A highly efficient operating environment is readily put in place as SME delivers sequential read/write speeds of up to 540 MB/s and 300 MB/s respectively. Stability and reliability also top the list of SME 32/35’s strengths as their MLC NAND flash accords a life span three times that of TLC NAND flash.

SME 32 is designed for laptops and SME 35, desktops. Both available in capacities of 60GB/120GB/240GB, they support the SATA 3.1 interface and are protected by AES 256 encryption. On top of their extraordinary resistance against shock and vibration, noiseless operation also stands out as a key merit.

In addition to users yearning for a brand-new SSD experience, SME also deserve the consideration of system integrators who have a bill of materials to take into account. The products will be in the market in the beginning of October. Please keep you eyes on KINGMAX as usual.

SME meets all the major safety directives or requirements: CE, FCC, BSMI, RoHS. Users need not worry about product and system compatibility as both models support Windows 8 and other major OS platforms. Last but not least, KINGMAX offers a three-year warranty as a pledge of its commitment to customer service and product quality.

Features:

High sequential speed: up to 540MB/s(read);  300MB/s(write)

Support SATA 3.1 (6Gb/s)

AES-256 encryption

Powerful wear leveling algorithm to enhance lifetime

High level of BCH ECC to prevent data error

Health monitor by S.M.A.R.T

Shock and vibration resistant

Noiseless, operating without audible sounds

Low power consumption: power consumption is less than traditional desktop HDD.

High reliability: MTBF-1.2 million hours

3 Years Warranty

Specification:

Interface: SATA III 6Gb/s

Capacity: 60GB/120GB/240GB

Dimension: 100.5mm(L) x 69.85mm(W) x 7.0mm(H)

Weight: 73g (max.)

Sequential read speed: up to 540MB/s

Sequential write speed: up to 300MB/s

Voltage: DC 5V +/- 5%

Operating temperature: 0~70 ˚C

Storage temperature: -40~85˚C

Shock Resistance : 1500G / 1.0ms

MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure): 1.2 million hours

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