Let’s face it – there are a ton of removable storage options out there right? Well I thought I’d talk about yet another option which actually has been out for several years now – although I’ve never really heard of it until a recent press release by ACARD. The media is called “iVDR” and it stands for “Information Versatile Disk for Removable usage”. There are basically two formats to the iVDR standard. There’s an cartridge format meant for portability and there’s an integrated format (which is also ironically portable) designed for devices like TV’s or DVRs. Both types are designed to provide large portable storage capacities for large scale multimedia applications.

iVDR actually uses the SATA interface reaches transfer speeds of 1.5 Gbps. The goal for iVDR is to provide a convenient means of transporting multimedia from one location to another while being secure thanks to an integrated content protection scheme called SAFIA.

To support iVDR efforts, ACARD has released a new iVDR chip solution for PCs designed to integrate with PCI, USB, or IDE interfaces. With the solution in place,  you’ll be able to connect iVDR drives to your PC with ease.

I’ll be honest, I don’t really expect to see iVDR here in the states but who knows? In any event, it’s an interesting technology to read about!

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