What’s happening on 5870/5850 availability? Two 15,000 rpms from Hitachi

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What’s happening on 5870/5850 availability?   Posted on 13/10/2009 at 15:01 by Marc

	3 weeks after launch, availability of the Radeon HD 5870s and 5850s is still problematic. Although new cards are coming in, they aren't in sufficient quantities to satisfy demand. Naturally this is pushing prices up a bit on what was announced by AMD. Unfortunately, according to our information, the situation could last until December. The same also looks likely to be the case for the Radeon HD 5770s and 5750s, so even though the Radeon 4870s and 4890s are coming to the end of the line, we’ll have to make do with current stocks to make the transition to the DX11 range. The situation is hardly better with NVIDIA cards, as there are hardly any GTX 285s available and the GTX 275s and GTX 260s, which are also based on the GT200b, are likely to be coming to the end of their lines at the end of 2009, a good period for sales. The exact causes of the situation remain difficult to pinpoint as it is very strange that while the 4870s/4890s are coming to the end of their commercial lives and being sold at reduced prices, the 5700s/5800s should not be available in sufficient numbers.

Two 15,000 rpms from Hitachi   Posted on 13/10/2009 at 10:51 by Marc - source: Hitachi

	Hitachi has announced the release of two new hard drives that function at 15,000 rpm. They come in two formats: 3.5" for the Ultrastar 15K600 and 2.5" for the Ultrastar C15K147. This is the first time that Hitachi has brought out a 15K rpm drive in this format, while Seagate launched its 15K Savvio in January 2007. The Ultrastar 15K600 will be competition for the Cheetah 15K.7 that was announced in July, while the Ultrastar C15K147 will compete with the Savvio 15K.2, that dates from November 2008. Both Ultrastars use the SAS 6 GB/s interface but the first also offers FCAL 4 GB/s. In terms of disk space, the 15K600 has, as its name indicates, a capacity of 600 GB with two smaller versions: 300 and 450 GB, the capacities of the previous 15K450 range. The C15K147 is available in two versions with capacities of 73 and 147 GB. Hitachi has announced speeds from 116 to 159 MB/s and an access time of 3 ms. In comparision, according to Seagate, the Savvio 15K.2 has an access time of 2.9 ms and speeds of between 122 and 160 MB/s. The drives should be available immediately. The C15K147 73 GB is already on sale at $260 and the 147 GB at around $330.