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Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS, HL-DT-ST or H-L Data Storage), a 51-49 joint venture between Hitachi, Ltd. and LG Electronics, [2] is a manufacturer of DVD and Blu-ray optical disc drives [3] for desktop computers and laptops. Founded in late 2000, the company began operation in January 2001. [4]
In computing, the Windows Driver Model (WDM) – also known at one point as the Win32 Driver Model – is a framework for device drivers that was introduced with Windows 98 and Windows 2000 to replace VxD, which was used on older versions of Windows such as Windows 95 and Windows 3.1, as well as the Windows NT Driver Model.
Previously, the WDK was known as the Driver Development Kit (DDK) [4] and supported Windows Driver Model (WDM) development. It got its current name when Microsoft released Windows Vista and added the following previously separated tools to the kit: Installable File System Kit (IFS Kit), Driver Test Manager (DTM), though DTM was later renamed and removed from WDK again.
WDM is the driver model used since the advent of Windows 98, whereas KMDF is the driver framework Microsoft advocates and uses for Windows 2000 and beyond. In general, since more features like power management and plug and play are handled by the KMDF framework, a KMDF driver is less complicated and has less code than an equivalent WDM driver.
Editor's note: Annual percentage yields shown are as of Monday, January 20, 2025, at 8:10 a.m. ET. APYs and promotional rates for some products can vary by region and are subject to change.
From August 2009 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Robert H. Benmosche joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 23.0 percent return on your investment, compared to a 41.6 percent return from the S&P 500.
Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) includes WDDM 2.3. The following is a list of new features for Windows Display driver development in Windows 10, version 1709: [48] Shader Model 6.1, adding support view instancing and barycentric semantics. [49]
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it.