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Hitachi-LG integrates SSD on Optical Drive, calls it HyDrive

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Hitachi-LG HyDrive

 

Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) has unveiled an interesting product at the Computex in Taipei. The HyDrive is basically an optical drive (DVD or Blu-ray) but comes with an embedded SSD storage, thus giving the advantages of SSD without taking up additional space.

The current-gen HyDrive is expected in August this year where South Korea-based MONEUAL will integrate it in their upcoming computers. As for the intrinsic SSD details, it comes in capacities of 32 and 64GB and supports SATA 3Gbps interface.

The second-gen HyDrive is scheduled for a March 2011 launch and it will be available globally. The new generation will expectedly, give the drive a bump in specs. It will come in capacities to up to 256GB and adopt SATA 6Gbps interface.

HLDS is confident their HyDrives will find a way to tablet PCs and netbooks because HyDrive can vacant the HDD or SSD space and give users a way to insert optical media while SSD acting as a primary storage.

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