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Nimbus Data Announces Flash Supply and Technology Partnership With SK Hynix

Nimbus Data, whose new ExaFlash all-flash array systems were announced at Flash Memory Summit 2016 (you can view our coverage here), is announcing a new strategic partnership to supply NAND flash and supporting technology to Nimbus.  ExaFlash is claimed to be the world’s most advanced flash memory platform that supports big data and cloud infrastructure.  SK Hynix is rated as …

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Kingston Announces DC400 Entry-Level Data Center SSD

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Kingston is announcing a new addition to its family of enterprise storage solutions, which they have designated as the Data Center 400 (DC400) solid-state drive (SSD).  The DC400 SSD is meant to be an entry-level enterprise SSD geared toward data center server usage, particularly those users that utilize a rip-and-replace deployment strategy.  The DC400 is an excellent choice for read-intensive …

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Intel Announces New Families of 3D NAND SSDs — Consumer, Business, Data Center and Internet of Things (IoT)

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Intel is announcing several new families of 3D NAND SSDs, for applications that cover consumers, business, data centers and Internet of Things (IoT).  These new SSDs are reported to be the first of many upcoming offerings that utilize Intel 3D NAND technology. In the client space, the first series is the Intel® SSD 600p Series, that are geared towards the …

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ADATA Announces Ultimate SU800 SSD Featuring 3D NAND

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ADATA is announcing the launch of their Ultimate SU800 SATA 6Gb/s SSD that features 3D NAND.  This is the first ADATA SSD utilizing 3D NAND, as ADATA has committed to transitioning its entire portfolio of SSDs over to 3D NAND.  The Ultimate SU800 is a mid-range offering, representing a massive upgrade for HDD users, and a significant upgrade for current …

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Crucial/Micron Drop Plans For Ballistix TX3 NVMe SSD

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Back in late May at Computex 2016, TSSDR got a sneak peek at several future-planned products from Micron (our coverage can be viewed here).  One of these was the Ballistix TX3 NVMe SSD.  Crucial’s Ballistix memory is well-renowned for quality, performance and value, and Micron felt that the Ballistix name should stand on its own.  It was even given its …

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SMART Modular Announces Industry’s First 32GB DDR4 NVDIMM-N – Flash Memory Summit 2016 Update

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SMART Modular Technologies, a leading producer of memory and storage devices, is announcing availability of samples of their new 32GB DDR4 NVDIMM-N, representing the highest density DDR4 NVDIMM-N module available in the industry today.  SMART will begin shipping samples at the end of August 2016.  This new 32GB density module dramatically improves application performance, creating an ideal solution for storage …

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Marvell Announces 88NV1160 NVMe DRAM-less SSD Controller — Flash Memory Summit 2016 Update

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Marvell, a world-leading producer of semiconductor devices, is announcing the expansion of their solid-state drive (SSD) controller portfolio to include their new 88NV1160 Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) DRAM-less SSD controller.  Marvell’s 88NV1160 DRAM-less SSD controller delivers industry-leading performance per watt, and sequential read speeds of up to 1600MB/s.  The 88NV1160 can be utilized in a single ball grid array (BGA) …

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Aupera Announces Aup-AXL-M128 – An MRAM-enabled M.2 Storage Module Based on Everspin’s 256Mb Perpendicular Spin Torque MRAM

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Aupera Technologies Inc. and Everspin Technologies are announcing Aupera’s Aup-AXL-M128, the world’s first M.2 storage module, based on Everspin’s 256Mb perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (pMTJ) ST-MRAM.  Aupera’s Aup-AXL-M128 is currently being utilized in Aupera’s All Flash Array system as a hardware acceleration engine for specific applications that require high performance and low latency. Everspin’s ST-MRAM technology combines high-performance, non-volatile DDR3 …

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