Friday, February 25, 2011

Thunderbolt: hard drives for Nikon SLR

The first devices Thunderbolt begin to appear. There are obviously hard, but rumors say that we could see the protocol on many other devices. LaCie announced it will update its line of external hard drives Little Big Disk. The first models Thunderbolt should arrive later this year. The company has officially refused to give a more precise date.

Behind the curtains, she nevertheless speaks of summer, or mid-September. They have the advantage of being completely bus-powered and carry two Intel SSD 510. Seagate and Western Digital have also made announcements to mark their support for this technology. It was expected to press him, because he supported the LightPeak, now known as the Thunderbolt, from the start alongside Intel and Apple.

For cons, the fact that Seagate speaks of a support compatible GoFlex sold in 2011 is a good sign for the adoption of this technology. Indeed, the firm has never openly supported this project. Nevertheless, the first to have made an announcement that Thunderbolt is Promise submitted its Pegasus R4 and R6 carrying a maximum of 12 TB and entitled to the 10 Gb / s offered.

Finally, rumors abound that the next Nikon D4 also use the bus which is a derivative of PCI-Express. This would greatly accelerate the transfer of RAW files and 1080p video filmed with the camera. Obviously, the latter information is to be taken lightly and should be put in context. Whatever happens, we can not go faster than the speed of reading the memory card or write speed on the hard drive.

It is too early to make a comment about the success of Thunderbolt, but this technology has the merit of a good start.

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