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Apple shows off its new Fusion Drive, a hybrid of flash storage and a traditional hard drive

Published Oct 23rd, 2012 1:44PM EDT
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Apple (AAPL) still isn’t done making news. The company on Tuesday said that it was introducing a new Fusion Drive that combined the best features of SSD storage and HDD. The new hard drive features 128 of flash storage and a 1TB or 3TB of HDD storage. Apple says that the Fusion Drive will store core applications and the operating system on SSD while documents will be stored on the HDD.

Brad Reed
Brad Reed Staff Writer

Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.