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Teaching plasma to follow LCD's lead

October 18, 2007 12:04 PM PDT

The energy-hog televisions are losing ground to their cheaper counterparts. But developers hope that will change with improved technologies.

To advance drives, Hitachi changes the head

October 15, 2007 5:52 AM PDT

Hitachi's giant magneto-resistive head will have perpendicular current and will allow the company to increase the density of drives.

Hitachi touts small drives for big business

April 22, 2007 9:00 PM PDT

The 10K RPM Ultrastar C10K147 takes up less space and consumes less power than standard drives.

Hitachi Data to acquire archive software firm

February 7, 2007 6:58 AM PST

Company agrees to buy Archivas, an existing partner, whose software allows for immediate access to protected, archived data.

Storage giants to push hybrid hard drives

January 5, 2007 5:51 AM PST

Seagate, Hitachi, Samsung, Fujitsu and Toshiba partner to promote combo of flash chips and magnetic platters. But where is Western Digital?

Hitachi database software finds U.S. customer

January 3, 2007 5:55 AM PST

Blue Peach will use Hitachi's embedded database to power search functions in digital media server.

Hitachi blade servers get new flexibility

November 28, 2006 7:24 AM PST

New BladeSymphony models can be linked into multiprocessor systems or subdivided with virtualization.

Hitachi revs up new hard drives for cars

September 1, 2006 10:42 AM PDT

Two models for cars are designed for tough duty, and a slim hard drive for entertainment offers high storage capacity.
Photos: Hitachi hard drives

A divide over the future of hard drives

August 23, 2006 4:07 PM PDT

Room temperatures should derail the current line of disk drive development soon, so changes are coming.

Intel launches long-awaited Montecito Itanium

December 20, 2006 9:32 AM PST

Chipmaker debuts high-performance line of processors, beginning what it hopes is a company upswing.

Hitachi moves away from tape

July 10, 2006 7:01 AM PDT

Virtual tape library uses disk-based tech that is claimed to be up to 25 times more efficient than tape.

Storage Management Initiative gets rebooted

June 23, 2006 5:12 AM PDT

HP, EMC, Sun, Hitachi and Symantec make a new push for SMI-S as the industry standard in storage management.

Networked storage heads for homes

March 21, 2006 7:07 AM PST

Storage companies are betting that a technology once reserved for businesses will appeal to consumers juggling many PCs and shared files.

Alliance aims to drive Itanium in Asia

February 2, 2006 1:04 PM PST

With fresh funding, vendors backing the Intel processor hope to extend its Asian deployment beyond Japan.

Japanese companies study chipmaking partnership

December 28, 2005 4:21 PM PST

Several companies are considering creating a joint chip foundry that each could use for semiconductor manufacturing.

Hitachi to expand finger scanner business

October 11, 2005 9:58 AM PDT

Vein patterns are more accurate than iris scans and finger prints, and they can be built into more compact systems.

Hitachi cashes out its Elpida shares

September 13, 2005 2:48 PM PDT

Company will no longer be counted as an affiliate of the world's fifth-largest DRAM chipmaker.

Digital TVs: More screen for less green

September 1, 2005 2:11 PM PDT

With prices for high-end TVs dropping, a 50-inch plasma, LCD or projection television set may be in your future.

Intel's friends pass on Itanium chipset

July 19, 2005 11:24 AM PDT

Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu and SGI give a ho-hum to the precursor to the dual-core "Montecito."

Intel to roll out new Itanium chips

July 14, 2005 6:15 AM PDT

The company winds down its Madison-family on the way to the dual-core "Montecito."