CONTEST CLOSED WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED HERE. CONGRATULATIONS to the winners: 1TB – K. Todd (USA); 480GB – J. Spinner (Canada); 240GB – E. Lemus Rodriguez (Spain). Don’t forget there is still time to get in on the other draws on TSSDR and Technology X. It’s the start of a great day when we can post news of free stuff during the …
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OCZ Announces Intrepid 3000 Series of Enterprise SSDs — Superior Sustained IOPS and Low Latency
OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a pioneer of high-performing solid-sate drives (SSDs) for both client and enterprise, is announcing their next-generation of enterprise SSDs, dubbed the Intrepid 3000 series. The enterprise-class SATA III Intrepid 3000 series, in capacities of up to 800GB, becomes OCZ’s highest performing and largest capacity of enterprise SATA SSDs so far. Utilizing OCZ’s Everest 2 platform that combines …
Read More »Samsung 840 Pro SSDs now RAPID Compatible and Benched at 1GB/s Speeds – Samsung Magician Free Download
On release of the Samsung 840 EVO SSD earlier this year, Samsung introduced a new ‘caching’ technology called RAPID Mode, a technology that could increase Samsung EVO SSD transfer speeds up to 1.2GB/s with absolutely AMAZING low 4K random write speeds as well. RAPID Mode could be enabled through the free download of Samsung’s SSD Magician and the initial release …
Read More »Samsung Announces 840 EVO 1TB mSATA SSD Capable of RAPID Speeds to 1GB/s
Higher performance and capacities in a smaller SSD form factor is something many of us dream of when considering the advance of this amazing technology and this morning Samsung has tackled just that. Building on their ever popular Samsung 840 EVO Series, Samsung has just announced a new 840 EVO mSATA, fully capable of their RAPID Technology, which means that …
Read More »Intel’s Latest 2013 Leaked SSD Road Map Analysed – MYCE Beats VR-Zone To The Punch
So our friends at MyCE sent us an e-mail early this morning, detailing their exclusive discovery of Intel’s latest SSD roadmap, a roadmap that provides plenty of clues as to where Intel is going in the SSD realm. First and foremost, congrats to JW and the MyCE crew for grabbing this one away from Chinese VR-Zone, the undisputed the ‘leaked …
Read More »Toshiba Announces PX03SN Series Of Read-Intensive 12GB/s SAS Enterprise SSDs — Read Speeds of 900 MB/s And 130,000 IOPS
Toshiba Corporation, a global storage solutions leader, is announcing expansion of its enterprise SSD family to include new models keyed toward read-intensive applications. It is anticipated that the new PX03SN series of 12GB/s SAS SSDs will begin shipping just before calendar year’s end. Toshiba’s PX03SN series will support up to one full drive write per day (DWPD), and are geared …
Read More »Toshiba’s 35 Mil OCZ Purchase Re-Opens OCZ Doors, Reassures OCZ Customers and Provides Toshiba With A Great Controller
Early this morning, OCZ issued a press release that Toshiba had successfully purchased OCZ under a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy agreement for 35 millions dollars. This is great news for the millions of present OCZ customers who have been holding their breath as we will now see OCZ opens its doors once again, and serve existing and future OCZ customers during …
Read More »OCZ Technology Prepared To File Bankruptcy — Possible Toshiba Takeover Pending
OCZ Technology, provider of high-performance solid state drives for both consumers and enterprise, has announced that Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. has taken exclusive control of the company’s depository accounts at Silicon Valley Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, NA. As stated in OCZ’s recent SEC filings, OCZ and Hercules were parties to a loan and security agreement, the terms of …
Read More »M.2 NGFF PCIe SSD Adapter Overview – Birds Eye View of Our M.2 NGFF SSD Test Hardware
Over the past while, there seems to be an increased interest in our M.2 SSD testing, whether it be with respect to our thoughts on M.2 placement in the industry, ideas on how it best be introduced, or just plain “Where can I get a M.2 SSD?” concerns. Unfortunately, we cannot elaborate on purchase ‘just yet’ but we thought we …
Read More »Western Digital Announces WD Black2 — World’s First SSD + HDD Dual Drive (Not a Hybird Drive)
Western Digital Corp., a global storage industry leader, is announcing the release of their new WD Black2 dual drive, which is a uniquely innovative storage product that combines a 2.5″ 120GB solid state drive (SSD) with a 1TB hard disk drive (HDD) in a single 9.5 mm enclosure. The WD Black2 is ideal for consumers or service providers desiring to …
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