Verbatim launches RAID 2TB eSATA & USB 2.0 Combo
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Data storage specialist, Verbatim, has launched an external RAID hard disk which can provide two terabytes of storage.
The 3.5-inch disk can be configured as either RAID 0 or RAID 1, depending on the user’s requirements.
The RAID 0 configuration is ideal when storage capacity is paramount, as the disk provides 2TB of space.
This configuration is [...]
Staccato Merges with Artimi
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Staccato Communications, a specialist in Wireless USB (WUSB), has merged with Artimi, Inc., a developer of Ultra-Wideband (UWB) and WUSB software and hardware.
The merged company will operate under the Staccato Communications name.
Staccato has also secured $20 million of equity financing to commercialise products developed by the two companies and to continue the company’s expansion. [...]
Laptop Cool Table features USB fans
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Arbella Enterprises, Inc has announced the availability of a new table designed to keep laptop users cool.
Anyone who has uses a laptop on their knee will know that they can soon get uncomfortably hot, and a suitable table isn’t always available while on the go.
The “Laptop Cool Table” includes a cooling pad, and [...]
Staccato’s Ripcord2 named Best Innovation
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Staccato Communication’s Ripcord2 chip secured the “Best of Innovations” award in the Enabling Technologies category, at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
Ripcord2 is a 65nm CMOS chip, designed for WiMedia UWB and Wireless USB applications.
Compared with similar chips it is significantly more power-efficient, and its small form factor makes it easier to integrate [...]
Staccato chip earns WiMedia PHY certification
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California-based Staccato Communications has gained an industry-first with WiMedia PHY Certification for its Ripcord2 Single-Chip UWB Solution.
The chip will support Wireless USB, as well as High-Speed Bluetooth, Wireless IP and Wireless Audio/Video.
The 65nm all-CMOS implementation is the only single-chip solution to gain PHY certification for WiMedia Spectrum Extension Release (SER) in Band Groups [...]