Not so long ago, I was the leader of the pack when it came to speaking against the Mac crowd. I couldn’t have spoken enough about such things as Mac pricing, Apple’s proprietary nature when it came to upgrading with their ‘return and replace for an arm or a leg’ SSD upgrade, or even how OSX just wasn’t an easy …
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Micron 16nm NAND Flash Memory Wins FMS Best of Show Award – Flash Memory Summit 2013
This week at FMS, Micron was on hand to, not only display, but also to show their new 16nm NAND flash memory in an operational state. For this they were awarded the Flash Memory Summit Best of Show Award. Micron’s 16nm memory is intended for consumer SSDs and similar consumer devices and is the smallest MLC memory package available. 16nm …
Read More »SMART Displays Newly Released UltraDIMM – Flash Memory Summit 2013
It hasn’t been two weeks since we posted a detailed writeup of SMART’s new UltraDimm and they were one of the first to be seen in the display area of FMS for some great shots. Not only could the quality of this product be seen through their presentation, but also, their combined effort with partners Diablo and Marvell was obvious. …
Read More »LSI SandForce Next Gen Flash Storage Processors Appear in Taipei – Computex 2013 Update
Perhaps one of the most frequent SSD questions we get these days is where has LSI SandForce been with their new generation of controllers, or as they like it termed, ‘flash storage processors’. The SF-2000 has had a very successful run in the SATA 3 world and built on the success of the SF-1000. Since it’s release however, we have …
Read More »LSI Releases Syncro CS For Not-So-Huge Business Applications
LSI is announcing immediate availability of its new Syncro CS storage solution for small and medium-sized business (SMB), and for remote and branch offices (ROBO). The Syncro CS is a robust, cost-effective and easy to deploy high availability storage solution for not-so-huge applications. In conjunction with Microsoft Windows Server 2012, the Syncro CS brings shared storage and storage controller failover …
Read More »Sony VAIO T14 Ultrabook Review – Out With Express Cache In With DataPlex For SandForce Driven Speed
Sony’s new VIAO touchscreen T14 arrived last week, complete with hybrid hard drive and Windows 8. Frequent readers of TSSDR understand my opinion of both, an opinion that was initially hard to contain with their teaming up in what appears to be an attractive ultra design. Swapping out the hard drive for an SSD was a given. Stepping outside the …
Read More »SuperTalent RC4 USB 3.0 Flash Drive With MS Windows To Go EXCLUSIVE – ceBIT Germany 2013 Update
Our visit to the SuperTalent booth and one on one with ST Product Marketing Manager Roman Nahal resulted in an unexpected exclusive this week with Roman handing us the very first SuperTalent RC4 Flash Drive outside of engineering hands. Better yet, SuperTalent also had the latest prototype, fresh with Toshiba NAND flash Toggle Mode memory, ready for our return to …
Read More »Building a Home Server – The Complete Guide
Over the past few years, The SSD Review has enjoyed a fairly smooth ride with little to complain about. It wasn’t until our readership explosion that we realized how important backups were. There is nothing worse than a site crash, other than a site crash which also contains a Forum of course. The sudden loss of days, weeks, months and …
Read More »Kingston DataTraveler Hyper X Predator 512GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review (Disassembly Piks Included)
Without a doubt, the thing we love most about the review business is the opportunity to introduce new technology and things get even better yet when we are selected to be one of the first to introduce a product to the world…through a more detailed analysis. On the flipside, it truly hurts to have to ship back those products that …
Read More »Kingston Shows 1TB Flash Drive and HP Displays Worlds Largest Ultrabook at ShowStoppers
The experience that CES and surrounding events truly is cannot always be explained but there is a great deal of work done while attending these events. Such can be seen with Essentially Tech Media’s Kingpin (or rather Queenpin) Karen Tokar at her best networking with HP while at ShowStoppers Las Vegas this week. Kingston was also at the event showing …
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