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Global2014/07/09

[New Product] HD-PGDU3 Series

World’s fastest write speed.*
Ultra high-speed DRAM-enable hard drive combines the speedy
transfers of a solid-state drive with huge storage capacity
*Refers to single 2.5″ hard disk-equipped portable HDDs (as tested by BUFFALO, May 2014)

Tokyo Japan, 9th July 2014 – Buffalo Inc., a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of storage and wireless networking solutions, today announced the launch of the HD-PGDU3 series. BUFFALO’s new HD-PGDU3 portable hard drive features a whopping 1 GB DRAM cache. The HD-PGDU3 boasts the world’s fastest write speed*1, an incredible 400.7 MB/s.*2 The increased speed is achieved with the drive—the hardware—itself, enabling high-speed data transfers not only with Windows PC running speed-boosting software, but also on conventional Macs with no such utilities to enhance speed.*3 Combining a hard disk drive with a high-capacity DRAM cache achieves transfer speeds of a solid-state drive while providing tremendous storage space at a cost lower than that of an equivalent SSD. This is the perfect unit for those who are unsatisfied with the transfer speeds of previous portable HDD models. *1Refers to single 2.5″ hard disk-equipped portable HDDs (as tested by BUFFALO, May 2014) *2 (Measurement Environment) [PC] SONY SVJ202AJ/CPU: Intel Core i3 3217U 1.8 GHz/Memory: DDR3 8GB/OS: Windows 8.1/Internal HDD: HTS545050A7E380; [HDD] HD-PGD1.0U3B USB 3.0 portable hard drive with DRAM cache, conventional HD-PA256TU3S USB3.0 SSD, and conventional HD-PNF1.0U3-BB USB3.0 hard disk drive. (Measurement Method) The HD-PGD1.0U3B, HD-PA256TU3S and HD-PNF1.0U3-BB were connected to a PC equipped with a USB 3.0 port and the speed of sequential writes (data size: 1,000 MB) was measured using “Crystal Disk Mark 3.0.3” (as tested by BUFFALO, May 2014). * Transfer speeds may vary widely depending on the number and size of files transferred, type of access, and other usage environment factors. * Transfer of up to 1 GB of data. For the latest information, please check the product page here.

HD-PGDU3

About Buffalo Technology Buffalo is a global manufacturer of innovative storage, and wireless networking products for the home and small business. The company is recognized as the No.1 total AV/PC & Cell phone peripheral manufacturer in Japan, and was the worldwide consumer NAS market leader since 2005 (In-Stat). The company’s storage products are addressing the needs of the individual and the business, providing cost-effective network attached storage(NAS), portable and desktop hard drives, multimedia players, and Wireless LAN routers, which together offer a complete and integrated solution for the small office and digital home environment, as well as the accessories and supplies. Buffalo’s product portfolio includes its TeraStation NAS devices which are specifically designed to bring to the SMB. The LinkSatation range of NAS products, take multimedia NAS to the home, and enables you to create a central location to share information, store files, photos and music, and save all your digital content, simply and easily. The AirStation range of easy-to-use, high performance wireless networking products for the SMB/SoHo and home user. Headquartered in Japan, Buffalo Technology has offices in the EU, USA, Brasil, China, and Taiwan. For more information please visit www.buffalotech.com.