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Seagate Technology, one of the largest manufacturers of magnetic hard drives, is planning to enter the SSD market with a couple of flash-based storage solutions designed for the enterprise market. The company, which has a long story of creating traditional magnetic hard drives, is considering launching its first SSDs... |
10 October 2008
09:47 GMT |
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ASUS' vast lineup of Eee PCs is rapidly gaining in popularity, so we are seeing the Taiwanese manufacturer releasing more and more models, based on the same Atom-enabled platform. It is probably because of this that components manufacturers are considering the development of Eee PC-targeted products, which may v... |
8 October 2008
06:27 GMT |
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Microsoft is tailoring Windows 7 to solid-state drives. Mum's the word on the matter as far as the Redmond giant is concerned, but this will no longer be the case come November 2008. Starting with the Windows 7 road show scheduled to debut with PDC2008, Microsoft promised to unveil the successor of Windows ... |
7 October 2008
12:50 GMT |
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Earlier this year, we informed you about Kingston's possible foray on the Solid State Drive market and about how it was initially expected for Q3 this year. However, the report was not that surprising, especially since almost every other flash-memory vendor had already released or announced its SSD offering, co... |
7 October 2008
03:39 GMT |
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Patriot Memory has recently released a new SSD line-up, the Extreme Performance Warp series. Since the most important characteristic of any SSD is its low power consumption, the company focused on this feature for its Warp series as well, and claims to have brought to the market a product that uses from 280 milliampe... |
6 October 2008
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At the E for All conference and expo, Fusion IO, a worldwide provider of ultimate solid state technology and high-performance I/O solutions, announced its ioXtreme, the first consumer product of the company. The ioXtreme is a PCI-Express-based high-performance 80 GB solid state storage solution designed for high-end ... |
4 October 2008
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As Solid State Drives become increasingly popular and technology advances at an accelerated pace, storage manufacturers are rushing to provide better and ever more affordable SSDs. On that note, Super Talent has just announced a pair of new SATA-II SSDs that not only deliver an impressive performance level and storag... |
30 September 2008
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Small, lightweight, portable computer systems are becoming increasingly popular, which is why we are also seeing numerous systems vendors equipping some of their latest systems with flash-based solid state drives. This is because SSDs are proving to be ever more reliable as a high-performance storage solution, and ca... |
29 September 2008
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Fusion-IO managed to take the concept of Solid State Drive to a whole new level through the launch of their new ioDrive able to reach the highest levels of performance ever delivered by a SSD. The new Fusion-IO product does not resemble a standard SSD, either in form or in delivered speed, which is stated to reach 80... |
20 September 2008
03:17 GMT |
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As mentioned in several previous articles, solid state drives continue to invade the market, as we are seeing more and more storage vendors releasing better and higher-capacity SSDs. In addition, several system manufacturers have already introduced some of their new products that have been built to take advantage of ... |
19 September 2008
04:41 GMT |
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Super Talent, one of the leading manufacturers of flash-based storage devices has just introduced what it likes to refer to as the “Dangerously Fast New SATA-II SSDs.” The company's new products have been designed to meet the requirements for faster and higher-capacity storage solutions based on the... |
17 September 2008
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Super Talent Technology, a worldwide leading manufacturer of Flash storage devices and memory modules, announced yesterday the addition of two new SSD solutions to its MasterDrive family. The drives are stated to deliver dramatically increased performance over existing SSDs. According to Super Talent, the new MasterD... |
17 September 2008
04:09 GMT |
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Santa Clara-based leading chip maker Intel announced yesterday that it had started shipping its highly anticipated solid state drives, based on multi-level cell NAND flash technology. The new drives are available for both desktop and notebook systems, and have been designed to bring a whole new level of system perfo... |
9 September 2008
02:20 GMT |
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It seems that the days of hard disk drives are becoming shorter. The last year brought a lot of news on solid state drives as the future devices to be used for storage. At Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, the chip manufacturer announced that the era of spinning magnetic platter is coming to an end. The storage... |
8 September 2008
05:36 GMT |
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Walton Chaintech, a manufacturer of memory modules and graphics cards, has recently announced a new lineup of 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch SATA II solid state drives, which come as part of the company's APOGEE series. The newly announced drives have been designed for the industrial market segment, providing an impressi... |
3 September 2008
06:08 GMT |
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As we already noted in many of our previous posts, solid-state drives are expected to become the next standard in the storage market. This is exactly why several manufacturers are dedicating a considerable part of their R&D resources to improve the current flash-based SSD technology, making it more accessible to cons... |
1 September 2008
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Today is the last day of Intel's Developer Forum, the conference held in Los Angeles at the Moscone Center. As anticipated before it kicked off, Intel has revealed a number of details regarding upcoming products, including the soon-to-be-released Core i7 processors. The company has also detailed its highly antic... |
21 August 2008
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Granted you've been keeping up to date with the latest developments in the IT industry, you must know that Intel's Developer Forum is scheduled to begin today. It is then that we will learn more of several of the company's chip products and upcoming technologies, including the Core i7 processors and th... |
19 August 2008
09:31 GMT |
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As already noted in a number of our previous posts, Solid State Drives are becoming increasingly more affordable and better than normal hard disk drives. This is why companies such as OCZ or Intel are constantly looking to update their offers for the storage market with new, better and overall cheaper SSDs.OCZ is one... |
15 August 2008
03:20 GMT |
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As already noted in one of our previous posts from earlier today, the Santa Clara-based leading chip manufacturer Intel seems to be highly focused on the development of its Atom business. Then again, this is ultimately explainable by the increasing amount of interest users take in the netbook market, which is where t... |
14 August 2008
11:21 GMT |
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If you happen to be a Dell fan and have recently been surfing its official website, you might have noticed a new option for two portable computer systems. The company's XPS M1330 and M1530 will now offer users an option for an "Ultra Performance" 128 Solid State Drive.This might not be as impressive as the relea... |
14 August 2008
05:23 GMT |
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Solid State Drives are claimed to be the next best thing in the storage business, replacing the traditional HDDs, and despite recently reported issues, the upcoming flash-based storage solution is expected to improve performance and even come with a much more acceptable price tag.Indilinx, a Korean-based fabless semi... |
11 August 2008
11:08 GMT |
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Micron, a flash-based products manufacturer, introduced yesterday its next-generation RealSSD solid state drives designed for enterprise computing and notebook applications. The company has brought to light two new models, the RealSSD P200 and the RealSSD C200, meant to bring about a boost in capacity, power and perf... |
5 August 2008
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If you happen to be among those who take a keen interest in how computer technology is evolving, then you know that most of the recent discussions on storage solutions have been about Solid State Drives. This is only natural, as this solution is believed to become the next standard in computer storage, even if a coup... |
22 July 2008
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Samsung Electronics and Sun Microsystems announced yesterday that they had managed to develop a single-level-cell (SLC) NAND flash memory device that was to be used in Solid State Drives. The drives that will feature the new SLC memory are expected to offer much higher endurance levels, compared with any other flash ... |
18 July 2008
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About two weeks ago, we wrote an article according to which tests showed that Flash Solid State Drives needed more power to operate than traditional hard disk drives. The tests were conducted by Tom's Hardware, and the news received immediate responses, both from SSD makers and from other sites, like LAPTOP, whi... |
15 July 2008
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SSDs (or solid state drives) will represent the next big boom in storage, and for this reason, the main players on the market are already ramping up their production capacities in order to meet future demand. And in order to prove their commitment to this market segment, the Korean giant Samsung has announced that it... |
9 July 2008
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The past few days brought to us some controversial news about how solid state drives actually prove themselves to be more power inefficient than efficient. It seems that the tests conducted by Tom's Hardware, which stated that SSDs would draw more battery life than HDDs, used some old versions of solid state dri... |
7 July 2008
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Two days ago, we brought some news according to which Solid State Drives are not as power efficient as everybody thought they were. Even more, these flash-based drives consume more power than regular magnetic drives reducing laptop battery life. The news came from a Tom's Hardware article that put a series of SS... |
4 July 2008
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Apple has slashed the price on its high-end MacBook Air (SSD) by as much as $500. The price reduction is most significant for those looking to acquire a unit, especially the model featuring a 64GB, solid state drive.Various reports are noting that the price of the 64 GB SSD drive has been dropped by as much as $400, ... |
4 July 2008
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Since Solid State Drives (SSDs) tend to become the future in mobile computing, their power efficiency is a concerning issue for consumers, as they want their devices to feature extended battery life. SSDs have been said to consume far less energy than their moving-parts-laden cousins, but a recent experiment conducte... |
2 July 2008
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As we already stated a couple of times now, Solid State Drives are the way of the future, even if most of us still have to wait a while until the cost per gigabyte becomes more affordable. Until that happens, we can only hope that the technology is going to advance and will eventually improve the lifetime of the flas... |
1 July 2008
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Samsung, one of the leading manufacturers of consumer electronics is aware of the fact that the storage market is slowly heading towards a new standard. As a consequence, the South Korean company has already unveiled its flash-based SSD storage solution, which Dell uses in a rather large number of its notebooks. Stil... |
23 June 2008
06:07 GMT |
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After stating that it would introduce SSD storage products for consumers "if the cost-per-gigabyte comes down to 10 cents," Seagate is reportedly pursuing a buyout of Intel's 49% stake in IM Flash Technologies. IM Flash is a NAND flash memory vendor that is currently part of a joint venture with Intel and Micron... |
20 June 2008
08:32 GMT |
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Without a single doubt, hardware manufacturers are taking the question of the future of storage very seriously. To put it differently, nowadays everybody seems to be concerned with developing, manufacturing and releasing SSD storage solutions. And this is precisely why major companies, such as Intel, SanDisk, TDK or ... |
18 June 2008
13:06 GMT |
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With all the recent talks about the future of storage for both portable and desktop computer systems, it comes as no surprise that Toshiba chose to feature its latest Protégé ultraportable laptop with a 128 GB SSD. And, just in case you're not familiar with the Protégé family, the com... |
18 June 2008
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Super Talent, a leading manufacturer of storage devices and memory, thinks that 120GD SSDs are going to be less pricey before the year's end. The company is already among the manufacturers that offer SSDs drives and its 120GB SSD can be bought for about $640 at major online stores. The good news is that Super Ta... |
10 June 2008
04:20 GMT |
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Sun Microsystems, a leading manufacturer of server systems, is going to integrate SSDs in several series of its machines. Apparently, the manufacturer is trying to lower the power consumption of its machines and reduce the total cost of ownership, while boosting the overall performance of the servers."Flash SSD is th... |
6 June 2008
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If we are to take a look at the product releases coming from this year's Computex show in Taipei, we can say with certainty that SSDs are likely to become the standard storage solution very soon. SanDisk, TDK and Intel are among the biggest names to announce new solid-state drives. On top of that, ASUS has also ... |
3 June 2008
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Seagate, one of the leading manufacturers of storage solutions, is seriously considering getting more involved in the SSD market. The company plans to introduce its first SSD storage next year, but the products will not be meant for the consumer market. Along with the release of its first SSD drives, Seagate also pla... |
30 May 2008
07:13 GMT |
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According to a recent press release, Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. have released the world's first 34-nm, 32-gigabit multi-level cell chip. In doing so, they have succeeded in claiming the technical lead in the NAND flash memory market.Reportedly surpassing rivals Toshiba, Samsung and others, the Intel-... |
29 May 2008
11:18 GMT |
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Samsung plans to revitalize the storage market with the release of its new 256GB Solid State Drive. Simply dubbed the 256GB FlashSSD, this new product is built on a Serial ATA interface and is said to read in-order data at 200MB per second. This is double the rate of Samsung's earlier 128GB drive. The drive is a... |
26 May 2008
07:01 GMT |
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Apacer, one of the leading manufacturers of computer memory, has recently announced a new product lineup that will be unveiled at Computex in Taipei. The product will serve a wide number of users, but the company's main focus will be its entire line of DRAM modules, embedded flash solutions and digital storage.P... |
23 May 2008
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Intel, the world's leading manufacturer of processors, plans to enter the storage market with the release of its SSD flash drives. But it appears that Intel's strategy is somewhat different than previously expected, according to Digitimes. First of all, they intend to release their products at the end of th... |
23 May 2008
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Google is allegedly planning to make the transition from conventional hard-disk drives to the more reliable and energy-efficient solid-state drives. The change will affect most of the search engine's servers located at Google's US headquarters sometime during the second quarter of the year. According to a n... |
12 May 2008
07:03 GMT |
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Solid-state drive manufacturer STEC claims that Seagate's patent infringement lawsuit is completely without merit and gets ready to prove this in court. According to the filled lawsuit, hard-disk drive manufacturer Seagate accuses STEC of infringing four of its patents that cover mass-memory storage technologies... |
16 April 2008
04:51 GMT |
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Storage expert Seagate is reportedly gearing up for a huge court battle with almost any solid-state drive manufacturer on the market. As previously reported, Seagate's CEO, Bill Watkins, said that he was not impressed with the performance boost achieved by using SSDs inside notebooks, and would ultimately sue it... |
15 April 2008
03:00 GMT |
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Two renowned companies have recently announced their co-developing of a new super-fast NAND (non-volatile computer memory) flash chip. Comparing it to a car, this here is the Bugatti Veyron in flesh. Well, in solid flesh. Actually, it's just solid. Intel and Micron's partnership is to bring the fastest read... |
4 February 2008
03:28 GMT |
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This year marked a milestone in terms of computer sales. It was the first time when notebook PCs have sold better than desktop machines, and that says a lot about users going mobile. Solid-state drives arrived just in time to store the laptop users' data. Various notebook vendors have already included them in th... |
14 December 2007
10:21 GMT |
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Although solid-state technology has already begun to wink at portable gadget manufacturers, such as laptops, mobile phones and most of all, portable MP3 players, they are still a borderline product between the actual and the future technology.Micron Technologies have already revealed their new line of solid-state dri... |
30 November 2007
05:08 GMT |
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