Kingston today unveiled a totally unexpected SSD aptly named the HyperX and it is a M.2 PCIe X4 SSD with none other than the Marvell Altaplus 88SS9293 controller at the helm. The paint hadn’t even dried on our previous post where we spoke of our meeting with Marvell and the importance of a Q4 release. We found the new HyperX …
Read More » Our visit with Marvell this week at Computex went as expected and we got a bit of an update on their Altaplus M.2 PCIe X4 controller, previously designated as the Altaplus and numbered 88SS9293. Timing right now for Marvell is great as Q4 is going to be a key point in time for M.2 X4 release. LSI expects that the …
Read More » As much as I am a fan of the LSI SF3700 controller, I have to wonder if LSI introduced it just a bit too soon. We had a chat with LSI’s Thad Omura this week at Computex, and we pretty much already knew what we were in for. Perhaps I am just asking for too much too soon… Imagine that …
Read More » Our friends at Plextor jumped into the big leagues this week at Computex 2014 by introducing their newest PlexTurbo caching software pushing write performance up to an unbelievable 5.9GB/s write speeds from a single M6 Pro SSD. Not only is this caching software the first true competitor to Samsung’s RAPID software, but also, it simply annihilates RAPID. For those who …
Read More » Our meeting with JMicron this morning at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, met with the introduction of two new M.2 PCIe SSD controllers to the SSD arena, the JMicron JMF810 and JMF811. The 810 is a PCIe X2 (two lane) controller, while the 811 (PCIe X4) will stand beside that of LSI SandForce (SF3700) and Marvell (Altaplus) in Q4 of this …
Read More » A bit of a gem that we got our mitts on for testing back at the office this year at Computex is the new Cloud Disk Drive 101 IOI RamDisk. Taking a close look at this device, you just may notice, not only Kingston laptop memory modules, but also 3 SD card slots. The Allone Cloud Disk Drive 101 is …
Read More » Checking out the SuperMicro Booth at Computex this morning, we got to meet up with an old friend in Pattie Davis, formerly of SMART and now SanDisk since that great acquisition. She was showing off the new SanDisk Optimus MAX 4TB which takes its place as the industry’s first SAS SSD to reach that capacity in a notebook form factor. …
Read More » The smallest things can sometimes be overlooked! Our meeting at SanDisk this morning saw the introduction of the new SanDisk Extreme Pro SATA 3 SSD, an SSD chalk full of upgrades from the last generation and, like many we are seeing at Computex, with that enterprise flavor and consumer value. The Extreme Pro touts performance of 550MB/s read and 520MB/s …
Read More » As funny as it may seem, a close friend in the industry was speaking to me regarding the LSI SF3700 controller at a function yesterday where he identified the possibility that LSI SandForce just may miss an entire generation of controllers should their SF3000 be delayed any longer. Nobody knows that frustration more than the manufacturers who are at Computex …
Read More » Our visit to OCZ this morning at Computex 2014 just hapened to coincide with their release of their newest Enthusiast/Enterprise level 6Gbps SSD, the Vector 180. The Vector 180 is capable of 550MB/s read and write performance with up to 100K IOPS and will be available in capacities up to 960GB. OCZ has fined tuned their Indilinx Barefoot 3 M00 …
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