Les

is a technology nut and Founder of The SSD Review. His early work includes the first consumer SSD review along with MS Vista, Win 7 and SSD Optimization Guides. Les is fortunate to, not only evaluate and provide opinion on consumer and enterprise solid state storage but also, travel the world in search of new technologies and great friendships. Google+

LSI Accelerating Innovation Summit: SandForce Pairs With Toshiba 24nm NAND Flash Memory

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While at the LSI Accelerating Innovation Summit this week, we couldn’t resist the opportunity to spend a little time with SandForce. Their display showcased the combination of the SF-2000 series processor with Toshiba’s newest 24nm NAND flash memory, thus pushing the SSD fold just a bit further.  The inclusion of Toshiba TH58TEG8D2HBA8C memory in consumer SSDs means lower prices and, …

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LSI Accelerating Innovation Summit: The Changing Face of LSI

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It was only a few weeks ago that the announcement of the SandForce purchase of LSI was topping SSD news world wide and today we find ourselves attending the LSI Accelerated Innovations Summit (AIS) in Silicon Valley itself. This years AIS took place in Silicon Valley where some of the worlds largest corporations gathered to discuss such things as the …

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OCZ Octane SSD Pricing And Specs Released

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OCZ Technology posted product info and specs of the OCZ Octane SATA 3 SSD today and we dug a bit further and were fortunate to get their manufacturers suggested retail pricing on all but the 1TB capacity as well. The Octane will be the first consumer release of an ‘Indilinx Infused’ SSD since the purchase of Indilinx by OCZ last …

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Kingston V200 SATA 3 SSD Release Intended For Value Minded Consumers

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Kingston today announced the release of their updated V200 series, an SSD family that traditionally relied on the JMicron controller.  We have been anticipating this upgrade from Kingston for some time now as we first spotted the SATA 3  JMicron at Computex, Taipei this past June. The V200 is available as a standalone SSD, or with a migration kit, in …

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Corsair Performance Pro SSD Family Announced With SATA 3 Marvell Controller

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Corsair has announced the release of their new Performance Pro Series SSDs and are betting that the success of the updated Marvell controller will make this SSD an excellent consumer choice. The Performance Pro is initially being offered in capacities of 128 and 256GB, with performance as high as 515MB/s read and 440MB/s write with 65,000 IOPS at 4k random …

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Runcore Kylin II SATA 3 Enterprise Grade SSD Announced

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RunCore today announced an enterprise class solid state drive that would utilize the SandForce SF-2200 series processor with enterprise level over provisioning and 25nm NAND flash memory. The Kylin II will be available in capacities of 50, 100, 200, 300 and 400GB capacities and may be fitted with MLC or SLC memory modules in accordance with customer configuration requests. RUNCORE …

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Patriot Mac Series XT SATA 3 SSD Released

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Patriot Memory today announced release of their new Mac Series XT SSD optimized specifically for Mac users. The Mac XT will be available in capacities of 60, 120 and 240GB and carries a Patriot 3 year warranty.  It is a SATA 3 SSD that contains the SF-2281 processor which has recently been updated with new SF firmware much to the …

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Micron mSATA SSD and MLC PCIe Card Visible on Micron SSD RoadMap

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Our featured shot displays the new Micron mSATA 6Gbps prototype which just may be seen in new release laptops and net books early next year. Of course it features Micron NAND flash memory and would also contain the newly updated Marvell controller which would make this SSD one powerful piece of hardware. The shot was released at the recent Needham …

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OCZ Updates RevoDrive 3 SSD Lines With MaxIOPS Edition

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It hasn’t even been 2 days since our exclusive news that Super Talent was going to enter the PCIe SSD arena that OCZ ups the ante once more which officially makes them one tough act to follow. Today, OCZ officially announced the upgrade to their Revo 3 and Revo 3×2 lines with the release of MaxIOPS editions for both levels …

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