12/29/2010, Intel has just released its Solid State Drive 310 Series that basically offers similar performance to the well-established X25M SSD but in a much smaller form factor : 1/8th of the X25M size. Intel envisions its customers using this new SSD 310 Series for things like embedded apps (small, autonomous computers), industrial and military purposes. However, it could very well make its way to the consumer market, as this kind […]

12/21/2010, Samsung has announced that it has come up with a multi-level-cell (MLC) based SSD for enterprise storage use. The drives will be available in capacities of 100GB, 200GB, 400GB and are suitable for servers since they provide high density while consuming very little power. The drives use 30nm-class MLC NAND flash chips that support Toggle DDR and a 3Gb/s SATA interface, allowing it to perform on par with SLC NAND-based […]

12/21/2010, USB 3.0 might have been pretty slow in its uptake, but that doesn’t mean the technology isn’t going to just die like that – in fact, we believe that USB 2.0 will be phased out in due time, and 2011 might just mark the year where USB 3.0 takes off in a really big way. Their case is further helped with Fujitsu and Fresco Logic working together to roll out […]

12/20/2010, Super Talent’s pretty much a byword these days when it comes to the world of solid state drives (SSDs), and the second generation DuraDrive ET2/ZT2 SSDs are slated to be another winner from their stable of offerings. While capable of delivering enhanced durability and performance when compared to the original, it will also do so while sipping less juice and generating less heat. This in turn would mean requiring less […]

11/30/2010, Word is going around that PhotoFast may have been asked by Apple to halt production of its SSD upgrade kit for the new MacBook Air. If the rumors are true, the company had been asked to stop production a week back, though the halt might not be permanent scenario as it’s waiting to see if it could resume production. Apparently PhotoFast agreed to stop production to continue its involvement in […]

11/22/2010, We all love speedy portable external storage devices, and now Kingston has married an SSD with a speedy USB 3.0 connection to come up with the HyperX Max 3.0 drive, a drive that is capable of churning out 195MB/s and 160MB/s read and write speeds respectively while maintaining the form factor of a conventional 2.5-inch hard drive. Pricing and availability information weren’t mentioned just yet, but you can expect it […]

11/08/2010, We recently saw some performance-oriented SSD drives from Kingston and now the company has announced a new series of mainstream SSDs in the form of the SSDNow V100. These drives are available in capacities of 64GB, 128GB and 256GB, all offering TRIM support and an optimized controller for high speed read and write performance of up to 250MB/s and 230MB/s respectively on the latter two capacities while the 64GB version […]

11/07/2010, Apple’s introduction of the new MacBook Air has created a demand for tiny solid-state drives (SSDs) and now Toshiba is here to fulfill that need with the introduction of its Blade X-gale drive, offering the same dimensions at just an inch wide and 0.09 inches thick. The drive offers the same performance benefits as full-size SSDs and can offer read and write speeds of up to 220MB/s and 180MB/s respectively. […]

11/03/2010, Foremay Inc., a leading OEM manufacturer of industrial SSD drives has announced that it has begun to ship its 1.8-inch micro SATA SSD drives in volume to commercial, industrial and military clients. The new drives feature improved read and write speeds of 280MB/s, capacities of up to 400GB and a bare drive measurement of just 3.3mm thick. Since the introduction of Apple’s new MacBook Air, the bare SSD drives (which […]

11/01/2010, Kingston has introduced its SSDNow V+ 100 solid-state drive that features a unique self-optimization feature. The beauty of this drive is that it features its own internal garbage collection to properly clear out unused storage and optimize the drive regardless of whether the OS supports the TRIM command or not. This 2.5-inch SSD is about 25 percent faster than the previous generation and offers read and write speeds of 230MB/sec […]

10/28/2010, If you love performance and have money to burn, you’ll be drooling over OCZ’s RevoDrive X2 PCI-Express SSD. This second iteration feels very much like the first, but offers a juicy 740MB/s and up to 120,000 IOPS of performance, up from the 540MB/sec of the original. The performance boost can be attributed to the use of four SandForce SF-1200 controllers instead of two in the original. The RAID 0 design […]

10/27/2010, One of the few things that you could upgrade on Apple’s new 11.6-inch MacBook Air would be its tiny Toshiba SSD and PhotoFast has an interesting way to do that. The Air USB3 Adapter allows you to easily transfer your old files over to the new drive, after which you’ll be able to continue using your old SSD as a speedy USB 3.0 flash drive. The replacement offers a 256GB […]

10/15/2010, Iomega has just announced an external USB 3.0 SSD (Solid state Drive) flash disk that is aimed at professionals and storage enthusiasts. The sleek looking 1.8″ storage device is encased in aluminum and the very nature of solid state storage should make it very resistant to shocks. Available in 64GB ($229), 128GB ($399) or 256GB ($749), this drive should provide enough storage for those who can afford it. But with […]

10/13/2010, Mushkin is back with a new SSD that will be based on SandForce’s SF-2500 and SF-2600 SSD processors, bringing a promised 500MB/s read/write sequential transfer rate, as well as up to 60,000 sustained random read/write IOPS and advanced ECC with up to 55 bits correctable per 512-byte sector (BCH). You won’t be seeing these new SATA 6Gb/sec enterprise-class EP Series SSD line hit the market anytime soon this year though […]