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Biwin, well known for their industrial flash storage products, has announced the release of their e-MMC SSD on a chip. Available in capacities ranging from 2 -64GB, the new device will be manufactured in a BGA 169 form factor and mounted in an industry standard MMC package. The drive will integrate both flash memory and controller into a single ASIC, cementing …

Fusion IO, well known for their high performance, professional grade solid state drives and more recently, SSD caching solutions, has announced the release of their ioFX PCIe SSD. Part of their ioMemory platform, ioFX is intended to bring cost effective, souped up data storage to the workstation. The drive will deliver 1.5GB/s, and will allow artists to manipulate prodigious amounts of …

Toshiba Corporation has announced the release of their NPEngine SSD to IP solution. Optimized for the speedy transfer of video streams, the new product offers an unprecedented approach to providing high bandwidth video content across networks. NPEngine is capable of delivering up to 64,000 streams at 40 Gbits per second from SSDs directly to a network, surpassing the capabilities of …

MOSAID Technologies Inc. announces that it is sampling the industrys first NAND Flash MCP (multi-chip package) with a 16-die NAND stack operating on a single high-performance channel. MOSAIDs 512Gb HLNAND (HyperLink NAND) MCP combines a stack of 16 standard 32Gb NAND Flash die with two HLNAND devices to achieve 333MB/s output over a single byte-wide HLNAND interface channel. Imagine 1TB capacity …

LSI announced today the launching of the LSI Nytro Application Acceleration Architecture, an entire family of PCIe based devices and software. Currently there are a multitude of solutions available from many different vendors of enterprise-class Solid State Storage and PCIe solutions. Many of these solutions are for niche users, and not easily integrated into the wider enterprise space. LSI is …

In reading this article, you might think it runs along the lines of the still popular Hulk vs Superman Debate except in this case, it’s storage related and this storyline is Storage Mojo vs The SSD Guy. Self-professed ‘Storage Mojo’ is none other than Robin Harris while ‘The SSD Guy’ seemed to be a tag given to me years ago. …

Micron Technology, a major provider of flash and DRAM products, has announced the release of the very first 2.5″ PCI-e SSD. This unique design is beneficial because it facilitates hot swapping, which is quite a boon in the enterprise environment. By enabling the drives to be mounted in the front of a server, the 2.5″ formfactor will provide a level …

During CeBIT 2012, LSI has announced that they have expanded their line of MegaRAID controllers to include the new 9266 models. With 2 models accepting either 1 or 2 mini-SAS connectors, the 9266-4i and the 9266-8i, and an external model, the 9285CV-8e, there are a number of upgrade possibilities for users. One of the key changes in the design is …

OCZ has announced the release of their new SANRAD-VXL Storage Accelerator. The VXL is a flash caching solution targeted at enterprise environments and will also provide VM-Ware acceleration. It can be paired with OCZ’s Z-Drive R4 CloudServ SSD and will also provide support for traditional iSCSI and FC storage. OCZ’s SANRAD-VXL will be available immediately. In an attempt to get this …

Greenliant, well known for their power efficient SSDs targeted at industrial and embedded applications, has announced the release of their NANDrive line at Embedded World. Initially available in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities, NANDrive is one of the world’s smallest SSDs, weighing in at 14mm x 24mm x 1.95mm. NANDrive will be offered in a 145 BGA package, is resistant …