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Solid-state drives are interesting things, capable of taking more shapes than the IT industry knows what to do with. Plextor seems to have warmed up to the NGFF form factor right now.
Next-generation form factor is a very small form factor that would have been pointless to seek a decade ago, due to the size of memo... |
12 March 2013
06:42 GMT |
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As one of the companies that attend CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, Plextor has put on display a number of solid state drives. According to Guru3D, there are three SSDs at Plextor's booth. All of them are made from TLC (triple-level cell) NAND Flash memory chips and have DDR3 DRAM cache memory. The 128 GB drive h... |
8 March 2013
07:59 GMT |
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MLC (multi-level cell) and SLC (single-level cell) NAND Flash memory chips are the most common types used in solid state drives, but Plextor wanted to stand out a bit more than usual, so it is using TLC instead.
Plextor has reportedly prepared a line of solid state drives called M8S and aimed at customers that plac... |
2 March 2013
04:33 GMT |
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Plextor has launched firmware updates for their M5M, M5S and M5Pro Series SSD. Version 1.02 addresses M5M drives whereas 1.03 is for the other devices.
The release notes has two common improvements for both firmware versions: Trim operation efficiency and drive stability under heavy loading.
Release number 1.02 imp... |
22 February 2013
04:41 GMT |
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The main advantage of the mSATA solid-state drive form factor is the significantly smaller form factor. Basically, the size difference between it and 2.5-inch is colossal.
As the subtitle says, mSATA SSDs are one-eighth the size of standard 2.5-inch drives, and since Ultrabooks are all about compactness, Plextor sta... |
11 January 2013
10:53 GMT |
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Plextor has come out with a new and improved firmware for their M5 Pro series SSD. Version 1.02 does not pack too many fixes; therefore the product must have been pretty well revised before launch.
The 1.02 addresses the M5 Pro family only (128GB - PX-128M5P, 256GB - PX-256M5P and 512GB - PX-512M5P) and brings in so... |
13 December 2012
08:49 GMT |
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Plextor may have a full range of consumer-oriented solid-state drives, flash drives and other storage equipment, but its presence on the enterprise front is scarce in comparison.
This will soon change. In a short press release, the company vowed to launch some solid-state drives suited for workstations, servers, dat... |
7 December 2012
10:32 GMT |
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The next generation of SSDs from Plextor, the highly anticipated M5P series, have finally been tested and the results confirm that the performance is quite a bit better than the new Intel-based M5S and the Toshiba-based favorite M3P series.
Plextor’s M5P series is the new top-performing SSD line from the Japan... |
5 August 2012
03:54 GMT |
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Many of our readers were surprised to see Plextor moving from high-quality Toshiba Toggle NAND to a somewhat slower Intel NAND in its new M5S series. It appears that the new M5S series are not the top-performing parts coming from Plextor this summer, and something faster is awaiting us.
The company is now preparing ... |
3 August 2012
20:31 GMT |
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We reported about Plextor’s new M5S SSD product line here and we presented you the technology in detail here. Besides launching exclusive limited editions of its products like the one we reported here, Plextor is now giving away new M5S SSDs to let people know about its fast and quality drives. The M5S series ... |
24 July 2012
07:11 GMT |
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Famous optical disc drive (ODD) manufacturer, Japanese company Plextor has decided to release a special, limited edition of its high-performance famous M3 Series SSD. The new toy has been spotted in Japan and comes in a very cool red case. Plextor’s limited edition drive is called “Ninja-256” and t... |
16 July 2012
12:21 GMT |
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Every SSD enthusiast was impressed by the Plextor M3 Series SSDs. The company is now officially launching the new M5S Series of drives in the Western world. The M5S Series are powered by the same 88SS9174 Marvell controller just like the M3 product line. The new series are manufactured by Philips & LITE-ON Digital ... |
11 July 2012
23:11 GMT |
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After impressing most SSD enthusiasts with its M3 Series SSDs, Plextor is now getting ready to launch the new M5 Series of drives. The M5 Series are powered by the same 88SS9174 Marvell controller just like the previous product line. The new series will be manufactured by Philips & LITE-ON Digital Solutions (PLDS) T... |
4 July 2012
21:51 GMT |
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Unfortunately, Plextor’s last version of SSD firmware for the well-known Plextor M3 solid state disk is reportedly completely destroying all the data stored on the drive. Plextor’s M3 is one of the best SSD drives out on the market right now, along with Corsair’s Performance Pro and OCZ’s Ver... |
29 May 2012
05:01 GMT |
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The smaller 64 GB brother of the fast Plextor PX-256M3 SSD has reportedly made an appearance in online shops around the Land of the Rising Sun. This SSD is based on Marvell’s 88SS9174 controller, just like Corsair’s Performance Pro series and Crucial’s famous M4 SSDs. The Marvell 88SS9174 controll... |
18 April 2012
07:57 GMT |
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We've seen some rather peculiar, if not questionable, design and price choices with the first Buffalo SSDs and, now, we are looking at something more down to earth, so to speak.
We’ve just got word that Plextor has completed the M3 Pro series of solid state drives, based on the M3 line we covered back in Decem... |
1 March 2012
18:01 GMT |
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Plextor revealed many optical drives over the years, so the PX-B950SA is just the latest in a long string of units. Designed for desktops, the PX-B950SA is an internal Blu-ray writer (5.25-inch form factor) that communicates with motherboards via the SATA interface. Single-layer BD-R disks are written at a speed of... |
26 January 2012
15:41 GMT |
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After yesterday’s PlexEasy external DVD burner, Plextor announced yet another stand-alone optical disc writer, dubbed the PX-612U.
Like the PlexEasy, the drive can connect to an HDTV, or media streamer, directly through a USB port without requiring a PC, thus enabling users to play back the content stored on a... |
13 January 2012
11:21 GMT |
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The PlexEasy stand-alone DVD burner was finally launched by Plextor, enabling users everywhere to back up the data on their SD cards, cameras, smartphones or tablets to optical discs.The good news is that this little white gadget can do so everywhere there’s a power outlet available as it doesn’t need a c... |
12 January 2012
13:31 GMT |
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At this year’s CES fair, Plextor has announced the introduction of a new series of solid state drives dubbed the M3 Pro that improve upon the specs of the M3 SSD series introed by the company in the first part of December 2011.
The M3 Pro series SSDs use the regular 2.5-inch form factor, but with a new 7mm thi... |
10 January 2012
10:56 GMT |
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Headphone sure aren’t the first thing that pops through one’s mind when thinking about Plextor, but the company has already released its fair share of phones so far and soon will out yet another model, the D500 Evolution.Sporting an all-white design, the D500 Evolution were surely developed for the fashio... |
27 December 2011
11:11 GMT |
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DVDs wouldn't be our first choice for data backup, not with external drives and even memory cards with loads more storage space than them, but when a drive that doesn't need the PC to function comes out, you have to give it and its maker their due.
Plextor is the one that created the PlexEasy PC Free DVD b... |
16 December 2011
16:21 GMT |
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Plextor has just announced the introduction of the M3 series of 6Gbps solid state drives that are based on a server-grade Marvell controller and are thoroughly tested in order to provide users with 5 year warranty.The M3 series SSDs use the regular 2.5-inch form factor and will be released in three capacities providi... |
12 December 2011
11:16 GMT |
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Solid state drives are still expensive, but they sell anyway, so Plextor decided to launch a new line of such storage units, dubbed M3S.
Like most every other desktop and notebook SSD, the M3S have the 2.5-inch form factor.
Also, in order to make the best of the performance potential of flash memory, the SATA III ... |
17 November 2011
04:29 GMT |
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New solid state drives come out all the time, or at least get previewed, either officially or unofficially, and Plextor has just used the former method for the latest M2P models. Plextor launched two new M2P solid state drives, which work thanks to a so-called “server grade” Marvell 88SS9174 controller.... |
14 October 2011
10:11 GMT |
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The market for super-fast solid state drives got two new additions recently, courtesy of Plextor, whose product line welcomed members based on the 34nm manufacturing process. Since the SATA 6.0 Gbps, otherwise known as SATA III, is becoming mainstream now, consumers don't really have much room to be shocked by... |
4 October 2011
04:24 GMT |
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It looks like Buffalo is not the only IT company showing some activity on the optical disk drive market, as Plextor has also made a move, in the US, in the form of a Blu-ray burner equipped with the latest USB interface.On the market of optical disk drives, many DVD and Blu-ray drives are roaming, with or without sc... |
28 April 2011
08:26 GMT |
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Plextor's been in the storage market for quite some time now, and for this reason, it should come as no surprise that they've also joined the USB 3.0 bandwagon, their latest product to incorporate this high-speed interface being the PX-PH500U3 portable HDD.
Without a doubt, USB 3.0 (or SuperSpeed USB, if... |
4 March 2011
02:04 GMT |
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The American website of Plextor, a well known brand of optical disc drives, network storage solutions, portable hard disks and other devices, has been defaced by a hacker on Sunday.The hacker, who calls himself "ViciOuS," replaced the site's homepage with a message in Turkish which Google had a hard time transla... |
14 February 2011
12:58 GMT |
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Although Plextor's not really a traditional SSD (solid state drive) manufacturer, that's not stopping the company from tackling this very lucrative market segment with their brand-new M2S Series, that offers not only some pretty impressive data storage capabilities, but also high data transfer rates.
The... |
8 February 2011
02:41 GMT |
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Since the ultra-fast USB 3.0 interface is slowly, but surely starting to become mainstream, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that more and more peripherals that come equipped with such a SuperSpeed connector are starting to make their way onto the market, the latest we've come across being the PX-LB9... |
4 February 2011
01:50 GMT |
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Blu-ray may be on track to becoming mainstream, but it is still some way off, especially on the portable ODD market, where DVD drives, like the ones just released by Plextor, still reign supreme, so to speak.The market for external and/or portable optical disk drives has now received its latest member.Over the past ... |
17 January 2011
11:02 GMT |
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The fact that most people tend to keep their valuable information stored on their home or enterprise networks in digital form is becoming more and more clear, and this couldn't make NAS (network attached storage) solutions' manufacturers any happier, since it will certainly lead to a serious boost in the l... |
18 November 2010
00:50 GMT |
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Plextor may have just recently made a move on the optical disk drive market, but it seems that Blu-ray and 3D playback are not enough for the company, as it has now also delivered a DVD writer known as PX-L890SA.For those interested in a reminder, Plextor just a short time ago brought to market, or said it soon woul... |
11 November 2010
09:28 GMT |
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If you're in the market for a future-proof Blu-ray unit, the type of device that's capable of both burning content onto Blu-ray discs and playing back even Blu-ray 3D content, then the people over at Plextor might have a very solution available for you in the form of their new PX-LB950SA model, capable of r... |
10 November 2010
13:51 GMT |
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The entire Computex exhibition this year is practically dominated by tablets, which act as a battleground for the Intel Moorestown platform, the NVIDIA Tegra 2 system-on-chip (SoC) and any other CPUs based on the ARM architecture, most notable of which are the Qualcomm Snapdragons. In the wake of these newcomers, not... |
4 June 2010
02:32 GMT |
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The past few months have seen the addition of a significant number of network-attached storage devices from multiple storage solutions developers. However, while those products did well in providing suitable storage and connectivity capabilities, the same could not be said about their affordability, or lack thereof. ... |
12 April 2010
08:19 GMT |
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Plextor has been focusing, for the most part, on the development and manufacture of digital media equipment. This year's Consumer Electronics Show, however, saw the company showcasing its very first line of solid state drives (SSDs) alongside its newest eSATA external DVD writer, the PX-880UE. The PX-880UE is a... |
11 January 2010
05:17 GMT |
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This new addition to Plextor's long line of internal optical drive units not only boasts a write speed of 12X, but also uses a serial ATA interface that provides users with a more than convenient-enough solution for Blu-ray playback of HD media files. The PX-B940SA Blu-ray is a dual-layer DVD drive that provides... |
18 November 2009
06:10 GMT |
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"Blu-ray is fast-becoming the standard for quality movie playback, and we're taking that to the next level with the addition of BD writing capabilities," Christine Hsing, marketing manager at Plextor, said. "Plextor has always been a leader in the optical market and we're proud to offer our users a simple, ... |
11 November 2009
05:22 GMT |
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Plextor has recently unveiled its truly pocket-sized PX-PPH60U and PX-PPH120U external hard disk drives weighing only 90g. The two drives sport storage capacities of 60GB and 120GB respectively, and are just 12mm thick, designed having in mind a credit card 90mm long and 62mm wide, making them fit for any pocket. The... |
28 November 2008
02:21 GMT |
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Plextor has recently announced some additions to its 2008 product line-up, a new offering that includes 6x Blu-ray Combo drives, 22x Super Multi DVD±RW drives, and an 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW for PC and Mac. The products the company has introduced are PX-610U 8X Slim External USB Super Multi Drive, P... |
25 November 2008
02:52 GMT |
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Plextor has just announced an update to its network-attached storage product offering. The two new additions come with a re-engineered unit and interface, and are touted as being the next-generation high performance external storage devices.The Plextor StorX PX-NAS500L comes with a storage capacity of 500GB, while t... |
10 May 2008
06:29 GMT |
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Plextor has announced a capacity update to its pocketable range of personal storage products with the advent of the new 500GB portable unit, also known as Plextor PX-PH500US. The device is extremely suitable for road warriors, as well as for users who carry large amounts of data. The external shell is extremely styli... |
6 May 2008
11:33 GMT |
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Optical media specialist Plextor has just announced the introduction of two new optical media drives to its portfolio. The new drives are able to read and write Blu-Ray high-definition discs and even to read the now gone HD-DVD media.Both drives are internal units targeted at desktop PC owners who want to take advant... |
25 March 2008
05:15 GMT |
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The format war has brought nothing but trouble in the movie industry. Partnerships dissolved while other alliances were formed. Despite the fact that the Blu-Ray format seems to have prevailed in the movie, audio and storage industry, the hardware manufacturers are not ready to call the HD DVD format dead yet. Many h... |
12 February 2008
05:10 GMT |
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Plextor announced that it officially transferred its optical drives manufacturing business to its parent company, the Japanese industrial group Shinano Kenshi and while the sales of Plextor branded products and devices will continue for the time being, the looming reorganization is expected to pose a series of delays... |
1 September 2007
07:10 GMT |
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When you say the Plextor name you immediately associate it with optical drives, CD and DVD burners, they have some special models which are impressive in the number of features and, not to forget, acquisition price. Their fame as having great products is brought down by the pursuit of smaller prices and the choice of... |
29 March 2007
05:32 GMT |
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An idea which has had a lot of success on the notebook area is the slim optical unit, which allows for those sleek notebooks. But Plextor took that concept and gave it another look to it by combining two optical units into the same 5.25-inch bay. Plextor calls this a compact dual-bay, and the first model, of better... |
21 March 2007
04:50 GMT |
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