Tag Archives: mSATA

Samsung Toshiba LG Ultrabook Shootout – CES 2012 Post Update

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There seems to be no doubt in anyone’s mind that 2012 is going to be the year of the ultrabook and CES 2012 Las Vegas was front and center with just about every ultrabook available, or soon to be, this past week. Today’s report will examine three forerunners that appear to be in a position, above all others at this …

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PQI Continues SSD Expansion – CES 2012 Update

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We stopped by the PQI booth today to see the new developments that are headed our way this year. PQI wisely sees the emerging mSATA market as a great place to expand, and has plans for a 256 GB SSD in the future. With a great mix of both consumer and enterprise drives, PQI is continuing solid growth into the …

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Mushkin Beefs Up SSD Portfolio With Performance, Size and Form Factor Selection – CES 2012 Update

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Mushkin, well known for their high performance memory products, has announced the existence of their very first PCIe SSD. Dubbed the “Mushkin Scorpion”, the new product will be offered in capacities of 240, 480 and 960 GB. The drive will provide sequential read/write rates of up to 1275MB/s and 1500MB/s respectively, and will also deliver 120,000 4K random write IOPS. …

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SSD Types and Form Factors – An SSD Primer

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Our SSD close up today is going to examine the different SSD types and form factors common to the consumer. This is the third paper in a series of recent articles that explained the benefits and components of a solid state drive and will go so far as to make up our SSD Beginners Guide.  Each article is designed to …

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