The Future | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:09:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png The Future | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 ADATA Sponsors Accelerating Innovation Summit 2013 https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/jules/adata-sponsors-accelerating-innovation-summit-2013/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/jules/adata-sponsors-accelerating-innovation-summit-2013/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:09:46 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=162568 With a guest list of speakers that includes Intel, LSI, Box, VMWare and the Open Compute Project, AIS (Accelerating Innovation Summit) is a major conference aimed squarely at how the data processing market can handle the next generation of datacentric processing. Adata has put its hand in its pocket to sponsor the event, KitGuru casts …

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With a guest list of speakers that includes Intel, LSI, Box, VMWare and the Open Compute Project, AIS (Accelerating Innovation Summit) is a major conference aimed squarely at how the data processing market can handle the next generation of datacentric processing. Adata has put its hand in its pocket to sponsor the event, KitGuru casts its eye over proceedings to see if it looks like good value.

When it comes to the major data processing of the suture, there will be a number of concerns – not least of which will be the speed at which data can be processed and the cost to running a data centre 24×7.

The next generation of SSD storage device is getting bigger and faster to cope. At the same time, with no moving parts, SSD products should pass hard drives for long term reliability – while costing a lot less to run, because your data is not on a series of mechanical platters, spinning at 5-10,000 times every minute.

At the AIS 2013 conference, Adata will be showing potential partners and customers not only some 200GB SATA 6Gb/s SX1000L loving, it will also have some PCI Express Next Gen M.2 products which can move data 3x faster than the current SATA drives.

Adata's marketing guru, Alex Ruedinger explains, “Adata is responding to the latest industry and market need with these new products”.

“These storage systems are designed for both server applications, and for system integrators to effectively manage the rising data challenges faced by today’s organizations and systems planners”, said Alex. “The SX1000L server SSD is a 2.5” form factor SATA 6Gb/sec solution that is provided with customised over-provisioning and high data compression efficiency”.

“With the majority of data in enterprise environments being compressible, the SX1000L provides sustained performance, as well as superior endurance and reliability. Sequential read speeds reach 550 MB/sec, and sequential write is as high as 500 MB/sec, with IOPS of 75K and 45K  – that is with a maximum 4K random read and write, respectively, he said.

Talking about Adata's PCI Express based SSD, Alex told us, “It comes in M.2 Next Generation Form Factor (NGFF) as well as 2.5” size, with cutting-edge transfer performance three times faster than SATA 6Gb/sec. These speeds are achieved with no sacrifice in reliability or size options”.

What about the sizes available?   He explained, “Capacities as high as 2 terabytes are available – with support for both AHCI and NVMe, the PCIe SSD offers Enhanced Error Correction with LDPC – as well as self-encrypting-drive readiness. This leading PCIe Gen2 4-link single System on Chip (SoC) solution is an impressive offering in terms of innovation, performance and reliability”.

You can read more about AIS 2013 here.

Places like AIS 2013 let you see a little of what tomorrow might look like, with 3x standard SSD transfer speeds seeming normal
Places like AIS 2013 let you see a little of what tomorrow might look like, with 3x standard SSD transfer speeds seeming normal. We wonder how much pressure an affordable 200GB SSD will put on Seagate and WD.

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KitGuru says: Impressive stuff really, for corporates, and probably a little glimpse into the kind of desktop solution that we will all be considering in the next couple of years as processes advance and prices fall. 

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Making the shopping experience of the future https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/making-the-shopping-experience-of-the-future/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/making-the-shopping-experience-of-the-future/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:00:51 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=122265 While we've seen a lot of high street businesses fold in recent times thanks to a huge upsurge in online sales, Intel has come up with a way to improve the retail shopping experience in the real world that could mean for a much nicer experience when out looking for a deal. It debuted a …

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While we've seen a lot of high street businesses fold in recent times thanks to a huge upsurge in online sales, Intel has come up with a way to improve the retail shopping experience in the real world that could mean for a much nicer experience when out looking for a deal.

It debuted a “deal-sending screen,” at this year's National Retail Federation conference in New York, where retailers are able to automatically tap into a user's information in order to tailor deals to them. Maybe you're a man, who's short and slim – like a certain writer I know – so perhaps you're looking for clothes designed to fit a leg that belongs in the Shire? Well Intel's tech could direct you right to it and give you a 10 per cent discount too by sending a coupon to your phone.

The idea is that using cameras that pick up your details as well as cross referencing publicly available information about a shopper, the whole buying experience can be streamlined and personalised to each customer.

Minority Report
We already have the floaty touch screens, how right does Minority Report need to be?

There's also talk of bringing the self checkouts seen in supermarkets into retail outlets as well, which should cut down on the lines seen at stores that can sometimes turn people away from purchasing. Bigger selections is also something that stores are going for according to Reuters, with screens in store offering a wider range of products.

Ultimately a lot of the technology being talked about is attempting to emulate the ease of use that we have online.

KitGuru Says: Most people would agree that facial recognition tech is likely to turn people away from stores, but would you guys be happy with a camera checking your build and then sending a discount offer to your smartphone?

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