Kingmax, well known for their high performance memory and storage products, has announced the release of their SMP32 Client and SMU32 Client Pro SSDs. Based on the SF-2281, both the regular and Pro versions will feature read/write speeds of 550MB/s and 520MB/s respectively. The Vanilla Client drive will offer up to 60K read and 35K write IOPS, while the Client …
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Great Positioning For NVELO As Caching SSD Solutions Expected To Skyrocket
According to market research firm iSuppli, caching SSD shipments are set to increase 100 fold over the next four years. The main catalyst for this remarkable growth is the expected massive proliferation of Ultrabooks, whose presence was undeniable at this years CES. While success isn’t guaranteed, it’s clear that the industry has high hopes for this market, and is going …
Read More »Samsung Toshiba LG Ultrabook Shootout – CES 2012 Post Update
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 …
Read More »Crucial Releases Firmware Fix For 5200 Hour Bug
Crucial released a new firmware upgrade today for Crucial M4 SSD owners to prevent occurrences of the 5200 hour bug. The firmware can be found here and applies to all capacities of the Crucial M4 SSD. The bug itself would affect the m4 through an incorrect response to the SMART counter after 5184 hours of power on time and the …
Read More »DigiSAFE Wins Design And Engineering Showcase Award, Again! – CES 2012 Update
DigiSAFE DiskCrypt is an innovate device, and it shows, Winning the International CES Innovations 2012 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree for the second time! The first time this prestigious award was bestowed upon this innovative product was in 2010, and the commission has seen fit to grant the award again. Certainly a popular product for ST Electronics, the DiskCrypt is …
Read More »Highpoint Showcases New Products, Up to 20 GB/S With USB 3.0! – CES 2012 Update
Many would think that we are nuts putting 8 x Micron C400 6Gb/s SSDs on a small, budget minded RAID controller card. However, that is exactly what we did with the HighPoint 2720SGL Controller, and amazingly it performed very admirably! The review has been extremely popular on our site, and after being bombarded with e-mail from other users, we figured …
Read More »Toshiba Discusses New SSD and USB 3 Offerings – CES and Storage Visions 2012 Update
Did you ever wonder where the term ‘flash’ in NAND flash memory originated? The answer it seems is directly tied into Toshiba, a company who’s name is synonymous with NAND flash memory as they have a very long history in flash memory, developing it since the 1980’s. As funny as it may seem, a Toshiba engineer is actually credited with …
Read More »PQI Continues SSD Expansion – CES 2012 Update
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 …
Read More »Dane-Elec Introduces Consumer SSD Line – CES 2012 Update
We ran acrost something rather unexpected at the Dane-Elec booth as they showcased their first entries into the consumer SSD space, one in which contained a SATA 2 controller that hasn’t been seen in many mainstream SSDs to date. Displaying both SATA 2 and SATA 3 SSDs, the test results of their SATA 3 drives were reflective of the LSI …
Read More »Mushkin Beefs Up SSD Portfolio With Performance, Size and Form Factor Selection – CES 2012 Update
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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