May 22
Here we have a new line of DRAM-cached USB 3.0 portable HDDs from Buffalo, the HD-PGDU3. Coming in 500GB and 1TB capacities, these travel-friendly HDDs are equipped with a USB 3.0 connection interface, a 1GB of DDR3 DRAM cache (transfer rates up to 400MB/s), an LED battery level meter for monitoring the battery life and a built-in lithium-ion battery (to ensure that there’s no data loss when data is being juggled to and from the cache due to an abrupt disconnection). The HD-PGDU3 will hit the market from late July for 18,900 Yen / $186 (500GB model) and 25,700 Yen / $254 (1TB model), respectively. [Buffalo]
