Maxiotek Corporation, a new player in the fabless SSD Controller IC design house arena, is announcing release of their MK8115, heralded as the first-ever 3D-NAND-supported DARM-less SSD controller solution, geared toward the growing market for SSDs with superior performance at an excellent value point. MK8115’s DRAM-less design allows customers greater freedom in PCB designs, as the PCB space normally allocated …
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OWC Aura SSD Now Supports Boot Camp With Free Download of OWC Dual Boot Enabler
OWC Digital®, a world-leading producer of Mac and PC technology products, is announcing that the OWC Aura SSD, which earned our well-deserved Editor’s Choice award when we reviewed it here, now supports Apple Boot Camp for dual-booting with a Windows operating system. A simple download of OWC’s Dual Boot Enabler for Apple Boot Camp will make your Aura SSD able to …
Read More »Toshiba Announces New BG SSDs With TLC BiCS Flash In World’s Smallest Form Factor
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., a world-leading producer of storage technology and devices, is announcing that it will be showcasing its new BG series of solid-state drives (SSDs) featuring cutting-edge BiCS FLASH™ with TLC technology and Toshiba’s new single-package ball grid array (BGA) NVMe PCIe Gen3 x2 SSD at the 2016 Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, CA from 8/8 …
Read More »Everspin Announces Sampling of Industry’s First 256Mb Perpendicular Spin Torque MRAM to Customers
Everspin Technologies, the leading producer of MRAM technology and devices, is announcing that they have begun shipping the world’s first product utilizing perpendicular Magnetic Tunnel Junction (pMTJ)-based ST-MRAM to customers. Their 256Mb DDR3 product is the highest density commercially available perpendicular ST-MRAM in the market. Everspin’s successes now extend to its third generation MRAM technology, and they are preparing for …
Read More »Radian Memory Systems Announces RMS-325 “Twelve x Twelve” Open-Channel SSD – up to 12GB of NVRAM and up to 12TB of Flash
Radian Memory Systems, a California-based enterprise technology and device producer, is announcing the industry’s first hybrid NVRAM/Flash solid-state drive (SSD) that combines up to 12GB of user NVRAM with up to 12TB of Flash, all under host control and utilizing either Open-Channel, or Radian’s award-winning Symphonic™ Cooperative Flash Management (CFM) technology. The RMS-325 NVRAM/Flash hybrid SSD allows host systems to …
Read More »Seagate Announces Nytro XF1230 SATA SSD For Cloud Data Centers
Seagate Technology plc, a world-leading producer of data storage devices, is announcing the release of the Nytro™ XF1230 SATA solid-state drive (SSD), an energy-efficient storage solution designed to satisfy the reliability and performance needs of the cloud data centers of today. The Nytro XF1230 utilizes the SATA 6Gb/s interface, meaning wide compatibility and easy deployment in existing storage architectures. The …
Read More »BIOSTAR Announces G300 Series of SSDs Geared Towards Gamers and Power Users
BIOSTAR, a Taiwanese producer of motherboards, mini-PCs, graphics cards and gaming accessories, is announcing entry into the SSD arena with the launch of their new G300 series of solid-state drives (SSDs), which are geared towards gamers and power users. SSDs continue to grow in popularity as the preferred storage option for gamers’ PCs, as the benefits over an HDD are …
Read More »Microsemi Provides the Industry’s Highest Density, Lowest Power PCIe Switch
Microsemi, has announced today that they are now offering a new PCIe Gen3 Switch, its Switchtec PFX PCIe switch. The Switchtec PFX PCIe switch provides for the the industry’s highest density and lowest power for data center, defense, communications, and industrial applications. These new switches enable PCIe solutions in a variety of systems from general purpose applications requiring low power and high-reliability PCIe …
Read More »Toshiba’s ZD6000 Dual Port NVMe SSD Powers DDN IME14K All-Flash Application and File System Accelerator Software
Toshiba, has just announced that their ZD6000-series NVMe SSDs will now be featured in DDN’s latest servers to provide for the capacity, quality, and reliability needed for the latest application acceleration and burst buffer technologies. Their collaboration enables the DDN IME14K to deliver redundancy, low latency, and game changing performance at the application layer, providing impressive compute ROI. DDN achieved …
Read More »WD Announces World’s First 64 Layer 3D NAND
This week Western Digital Corp. announced that it has successfully developed its next generation 3D NAND technology, BiCS3, with 64 layers of vertical storage capability. Pilot production of the new technology has commenced in the Yokkaichi, Japan joint venture facilities and initial output is expected later this year. Western Digital expects meaningful commercial volumes of BiCS3 in the first half …
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