Seagate Technology will demonstrate an external hard drive connected to the PC via Wireless USB ultrawideband, the company said Monday.
The exhibition will take place at the Intel Developer Forum, Seagate said, which begins Tuesday in San Francisco. Seagate will pair the Wireless USB technology with its Seagate External Hard Drive, a 2.5-inch model.
The external hard drive was described as a "demonstration," and it was unclear whether the drive would use an external dongle, or whether the technology would be integrated into the printed-circuit-board used by the drive itself. "Wireless USB" is the name of Intel's version of the ultrawideband technology, which works to translate the signals of a standard USB connection and deliver them over a wireless radio.
In January, the IEEE standards group responsible for overseeing the ultrawideband technology disbanded, leaving companies like Intel and its competition, led by Freescale Technology, to let the market decide the dominant
Seagate also plans to show off products like its Barracuda 7200.9 low power spin-up drive, which slowly spins up to its full speed inside of an external drive enclosure to eliminate any power spikes which can stress a storage system. The company will also showcase its Momentus 2.5-inch drive line, including a model that encrypts the entire disk platter for security purposes.
The exhibition will take place at the Intel Developer Forum, Seagate said, which begins Tuesday in San Francisco. Seagate will pair the Wireless USB technology with its Seagate External Hard Drive, a 2.5-inch model.
The external hard drive was described as a "demonstration," and it was unclear whether the drive would use an external dongle, or whether the technology would be integrated into the printed-circuit-board used by the drive itself. "Wireless USB" is the name of Intel's version of the ultrawideband technology, which works to translate the signals of a standard USB connection and deliver them over a wireless radio.
In January, the IEEE standards group responsible for overseeing the ultrawideband technology disbanded, leaving companies like Intel and its competition, led by Freescale Technology, to let the market decide the dominant
Seagate also plans to show off products like its Barracuda 7200.9 low power spin-up drive, which slowly spins up to its full speed inside of an external drive enclosure to eliminate any power spikes which can stress a storage system. The company will also showcase its Momentus 2.5-inch drive line, including a model that encrypts the entire disk platter for security purposes.