New series is SSDs is advertised as combining "high performance and efficiency for data-intensive, energy-sensitive applications".
Toshiba announced that its new family of THNSH Solid State Drives will be built on the company's 19 mm Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND technology and will include the world's smallest and highest density NAND flash drives. The drives will be available in capacities from 60 GB to 512 GB in both 2.5" and mSATA form factors and will include Toshiba's Quadruple Swing-By Code (QSBC) data protection and error correction technology.
According to the company, the THNSN series family "addresses the storage, performance and power efficiency demands of even the most data-intensive and energy-sensitive systems. The drives are ideal for high-end notebooks, tablets, PCs, all-in-one desktop computers and industrial PCs."
Model Number
THNSNHxxxGBST
THNSNHxxxGCST
THNSNHxxxGMCT
Form Factor
2.5-inch case
mSATA module
Storage Capacity (Formatted)
60 GB / 128 GB / 256 GB / 512 GB
60 GB / 128 GB / 256 GB / 512 GB
60 GB / 128 GB / 256 GB
NAND Technology
19 mm MLC NAND
Transfer Rate to Host
534 MB/s (510 MiB/s)
Data Transfer Rate
Max Sequential Write
512 GB / 256 GB
482 MB/s (460 MiB/s)
512 GB / 256 GB
482 MB/s (460 MiB/s)
256 GB / 128 GB
471 MB/s (450 MiB/s)
128 GB
471 MB/s (450 MiB/s)
128 GB:
471 MB/s (450 MiB/s)
60 GB:
450 MB/s (430 MiB/s)
60 GB:
450 MB/s (430 MiB/s)
60 GB
450 MB/s (430 MiB/s)
MTTF
1.5M hours
External Dimensions (WxDxH)
69.85 mm x 100.0 mm x 9.5 mm
69.85 mm x 100.0 mm x 7.0 mm
30.0 mm x 50.95 mm x 3.95 mm
Maximum Weight
51 g (60 GB / 128 GB)
55 g (256 GB / 512 GB)
49 g (60 GB / 128 GB)
53 g (256 GB / 512 GB)
7.5 g (60 GB / 128 GB)
7.8 g (256 GB)
The drives are currently "readily available" across Europe. More information is accessible at Toshiba Storage's website.
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Apple doesn't need a miracle, but clearly the marketing department thinks the company needs to step things up. To wit: Apple's latest iPhone web page which touts "There's iPhone. And then there's everything else." It's a brassy, ballsy statement worthy of Steve Jobs himself and it seems to show an Apple undaunted yet clearly aware that it can't just say nothing about the competition.
Announcing the March Pasadena Unified School District/SELPA Special Education Dept. Community Advisory Committee general meeting at the PUSD Education Center.
Topic: LET?S DISCUSS OUR LOCAL PLAN-PART II.
We continue our discussion of the Special Education Local Plan, as part of this year?s formal review and revision process
Questions and comments can be sent to:joycac1@gmail.com
Please note the new venue and that the venue will periodically change.
When: Monday March 18, 6.15 - 8.30PM
Where: Elbie J. Hickambottom Board Room, PUSD Education Center Room #236, 351 South Hudson Avenue, Pasadena
Free childcare and translation.
More details are available at: http://cac.pasadenausd.org
In Monaco, with luxury properties costing between US$57,600-63,700 per square metre during the fourth quarter of 2012, it is at least double of the other cities on the list except three.
Global consultancy firm Knight Frank has just released its new Wealth Report, listing the top 20 most expensive luxury real estate markets in the world. It once again shines the spotlight on how far property prices have fallen in the US, Spain and Portugal.
While the most expensive of luxury property can be found in the tiny tax haven of Monaco, Mumbai slides into the global ranking at number 16 as demand is rising fast, and the supply of luxury homes remains limited.
However, what?s surprising is that even though the US is still the number two realty powerhouse in the world, properties in Monaco, Hong Kong, London, Geneva, Paris, Singapore, and Moscow are more expensive than New York.
Knight Frank said the demand for luxury property was returning following the global financial crisis and a desire to invest in locations considered to be safe havens.
Source:KnightFrank
In Monaco, with luxury properties costing between US$57,600-63,700 per square metre during the fourth quarter of 2012, it is at least? double? of the other cities on the list except three.
While real estate prices in the tiny country are consistently high, Monaco saw a bump this year as buyers shied away from French hotspots in a reaction to President Hollande?s wealth tax proposals, the Knight Frank report said.
And Monaco, which does not charge a personal income tax, was particularly popular with Russian buyers over French markets.
?Monaco, land-constrained, has always been the home of the super rich,? said Liam Bailey, head of residential research at Knight Frank. ?All the Chinese money is going to Hong Kong. It?s still the financial capital of Asia. As for London, it?s the most attractive investment for all of Europe.?
Dubai too has recovered some of its popularity with Russians, but competition from buyers from North Africa, Pakistan, India and Iran has been an important factor in helping to drive prices higher this year, the report said.? Meanwhile, the Russians and Chinese are the main force behind this spurt in property investment.
?The real real estate story in 2012 was the rise of demand from China and Russia as they sought to buy over more than four to five properties in different key markets,? ?Nicholas Holt,? Director Research, Asia Pacific, Knight Frank told Firstpost.
Buyers from China and Hong Kong vied with Brazilians for second place as the largest foreign group looking to invest in the US after the Canadians.
Key Chinese cities such as Guangzhou and Shanghai have also seen a marked increase in property prices with Hong Kong real estate rising by 8.7 percent following an influx of wealth from mainland China.
Not on the list, but meriting a mention, is the luxury market in Indonesia, where luxury home prices rose faster than any other nation ? by more than 38 percent in the capital Jakarta, and 20 percent in the island paradise that is Bali.
Another interesting point was how the wealthy are? prepared to move their money out of cities that charged higher levies and had less transparency. A significant proportion ? including 61 percent in the Middle East ? were considering, even temporarily, changing their country of residence to avoid higher property fees, the Knight Frank survey found.
Red Bull has always tasted suspiciously like found bubble gum—whatever, you don't drink it for the taste, you drink it for the pulse-racing amounts of caffeine and B-Vitamins stored in each can. Until now, that is. Red Bull's just rolled out three new flavor editions of its energy drink and we've got to warn you, they're delicious. At least, compared to what you're used to. More »
The new film The Sapphires tells the tale of four Australian Aboriginal girls (Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens, Miranda Tapsell) who are discovered by a talent agent (Chris O'Dowd) and become a hot music group in the 1960s.
NASA's first laser communication system integrated, ready for launchPublic release date: 14-Mar-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Dewayne Washington Dewayne.a.washington@nasa.gov 301-286-0040 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
A new NASA-developed, laser-based space communication system will enable higher rates of satellite communications similar in capability to high-speed fiber optic networks on Earth.
The space terminal for the Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD), NASA's first high-data-rate laser communication system, was recently integrated onto the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. LLCD will demonstrate laser communications from lunar orbit to Earth at six times the rate of the best modern-day advanced radio communication systems.
"The successful testing and integration of LLCD to LADEE is a major accomplishment," said Donald Cornwell, LLCD mission manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "It demonstrates that this new technology is robust and ready for space. This is the first time NASA has had such a communication system pass all its tests and be certified flight ready."
The LLCD mission will use a highly reliable infrared laser, similar to those used to bring high-speed data over fiber optic cables into our workplaces and homes. Data, sent in the form of hundreds of millions of short pulses of light every second, will be sent by the LADEE spacecraft to any one of three ground telescopes in New Mexico, California and Spain.
The real challenge of LLCD will be to point its very narrow laser beam accurately to ground stations across a distance of approximately 238,900 miles while moving. Failure to do so would cause a dropped signal or loss of communication.
"This pointing challenge is the equivalent of a golfer hitting a 'hole-in-one' from a distance of almost five miles," said Cornwell. "Developers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory have designed a sophisticated system to cancel out the slightest spacecraft vibrations. This is in addition to dealing with other challenges of pointing and tracking the system from such a distance. We are excited about these advancements."
The LLCD mission will also serve as a pathfinder for the 2017 launch of NASA's Laser Communication Relay Demonstration (LCRD). That mission will demonstrate the long-term viability of laser communication from a geostationary relay satellite to Earth. In a geostationary orbit the spacecraft orbits at the same speed as Earth, which allows it to maintain the same position in the sky.
Engineers believe that future space missions will be able to use laser communication technology with its low mass and power requirements, to provide increased data quantity for real-time communication and 3-D high-definition video. For example, using S-band communications aboard the LADEE spacecraft would take 639 hours to download an average-length HD movie. Using LLCD technology that time would be reduced to less than eight minutes.
Prior to shipment from MIT, the LLCD spaceflight hardware was subjected to a rigorous set of flight test simulations such as the strong vibrations expected from a Minotaur V rocket, the launch vehicle for the LADEE mission. The LLCD hardware also had to withstand simulated extreme temperatures and other conditions it will experience within the harsh environment of space. Throughout this stringent battery of tests, LLCD maintained its critical alignment and stable pointing accuracy.
Flight and ground station hardware for LLCD was designed and built at Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Mass. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and the European Space Agency are developing the ground stations in California and Spain, respectively.
"This is an exciting time for space communications," said Cornwell. "We are about to make a leap in communications ability that is unmatched in NASA's history."
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The LLCD mission management team resides at Goddard under the sponsorship of the Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The LADEE mission is managed by Ames under the sponsorship of NASA's Planetary Science Division within the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters.
NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington funds LADEE, a cooperative effort led by Ames, which is responsible for managing the mission, building the spacecraft and performing mission operations. In addition to managing the LLCD payload, Goddard is responsible for managing the science instruments and the science operations center. NASA Wallops Flight Facility has the responsibility for launch vehicle integration, launch services and launch range operations. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., manages LADEE within the Lunar Quest Program Office.
The LADEE mission, on which LLCD is a hosted payload, is scheduled to launch in August 2013.
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NASA's first laser communication system integrated, ready for launchPublic release date: 14-Mar-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Dewayne Washington Dewayne.a.washington@nasa.gov 301-286-0040 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
A new NASA-developed, laser-based space communication system will enable higher rates of satellite communications similar in capability to high-speed fiber optic networks on Earth.
The space terminal for the Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD), NASA's first high-data-rate laser communication system, was recently integrated onto the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. LLCD will demonstrate laser communications from lunar orbit to Earth at six times the rate of the best modern-day advanced radio communication systems.
"The successful testing and integration of LLCD to LADEE is a major accomplishment," said Donald Cornwell, LLCD mission manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "It demonstrates that this new technology is robust and ready for space. This is the first time NASA has had such a communication system pass all its tests and be certified flight ready."
The LLCD mission will use a highly reliable infrared laser, similar to those used to bring high-speed data over fiber optic cables into our workplaces and homes. Data, sent in the form of hundreds of millions of short pulses of light every second, will be sent by the LADEE spacecraft to any one of three ground telescopes in New Mexico, California and Spain.
The real challenge of LLCD will be to point its very narrow laser beam accurately to ground stations across a distance of approximately 238,900 miles while moving. Failure to do so would cause a dropped signal or loss of communication.
"This pointing challenge is the equivalent of a golfer hitting a 'hole-in-one' from a distance of almost five miles," said Cornwell. "Developers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory have designed a sophisticated system to cancel out the slightest spacecraft vibrations. This is in addition to dealing with other challenges of pointing and tracking the system from such a distance. We are excited about these advancements."
The LLCD mission will also serve as a pathfinder for the 2017 launch of NASA's Laser Communication Relay Demonstration (LCRD). That mission will demonstrate the long-term viability of laser communication from a geostationary relay satellite to Earth. In a geostationary orbit the spacecraft orbits at the same speed as Earth, which allows it to maintain the same position in the sky.
Engineers believe that future space missions will be able to use laser communication technology with its low mass and power requirements, to provide increased data quantity for real-time communication and 3-D high-definition video. For example, using S-band communications aboard the LADEE spacecraft would take 639 hours to download an average-length HD movie. Using LLCD technology that time would be reduced to less than eight minutes.
Prior to shipment from MIT, the LLCD spaceflight hardware was subjected to a rigorous set of flight test simulations such as the strong vibrations expected from a Minotaur V rocket, the launch vehicle for the LADEE mission. The LLCD hardware also had to withstand simulated extreme temperatures and other conditions it will experience within the harsh environment of space. Throughout this stringent battery of tests, LLCD maintained its critical alignment and stable pointing accuracy.
Flight and ground station hardware for LLCD was designed and built at Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Mass. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and the European Space Agency are developing the ground stations in California and Spain, respectively.
"This is an exciting time for space communications," said Cornwell. "We are about to make a leap in communications ability that is unmatched in NASA's history."
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The LLCD mission management team resides at Goddard under the sponsorship of the Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The LADEE mission is managed by Ames under the sponsorship of NASA's Planetary Science Division within the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters.
NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington funds LADEE, a cooperative effort led by Ames, which is responsible for managing the mission, building the spacecraft and performing mission operations. In addition to managing the LLCD payload, Goddard is responsible for managing the science instruments and the science operations center. NASA Wallops Flight Facility has the responsibility for launch vehicle integration, launch services and launch range operations. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., manages LADEE within the Lunar Quest Program Office.
The LADEE mission, on which LLCD is a hosted payload, is scheduled to launch in August 2013.
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