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This technology was introduced by Western Digital. The idea behind it is that slower drives such as CD and DVD drives would attach directly to larger, faster hard drives. There would be a 10-pin connector between the hard drive and the other peripheral, as opposed to the 40-pin IDE connector. A portion of the hard drive would be used as cache for the CD drive or other device. This was touted to speed up CD-ROM drives by
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Storage Data Acceleration - http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Aug/1066714.htmSAN JOSE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 19, 2004 -- IndustryInnovation and Facilities-Based Competition Can Turn the VoIPRevolution into RealityCovad Communications Group, Inc. (OTCBB:COVD), a leading nationwideprovider of integrated voice and data communications, today released awhite paper offering recommendations for the future of regulations forVoice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and on key social policy issuesfacing this technology. The paper, the second in a series, concludesthat VoIP can and should be free of excessive retail-level regulationprovided that competition is maintained by assured access tounderlying facilities."Facilities-based providers like Covad are poised to make the VoIPrevolution a reality," said Charles Hoffman, president and chiefexecutive officer of Covad. "VoIP should be viewed as an unregulatedinformation service, free from outdated and excessive regulations thatmay stunt its growth. Important social policy challenges should be metby industry-led efforts, while competition and innovation are bestmaintained by ensuring access to the local loops that connectAmerica's homes and businesses."Full story at:http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Aug/1066714.htmHow to Distribute VoIP Throughout a Home:http://michigantelephone.mi.org/distribute.htmlIf you live in Michigan, subscribe to the MI-Telecom group:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MI-Telecom/
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